Show Pine-Nuts Are Plentiful in Area This Year The much sought - after pine - nut is plentiful this year. The popular delicacy a product of the common pinon tree is produced in quantity only every few years during "good" seasons. sea-sons. The popularity of the nut can be witnessed by the fact that thousands of pine - nut fanciers roam the countryside collecting the nuts. The BLM administers much of the pinon tree domain do-main which yields the delicious de-licious crop. A permit is not required to gather the nuts for personal use. Moab BLM Area Manager stated that "persons harvesting pine - nuts for resale or commercial purposes must obtain a permit and must purchase the nuts at a cost of ten cents per pound." Mr. Jensen also mentioned mention-ed that his office is now issuing free f i) ewood permits per-mits to those persons desiring de-siring to replenish their home firewood supply. |