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  • BLM Plan to Convert Nevada’s Pinyon Forests to Biomass Threatens Ancient Rituals

    - by Lisa Gale Gar­rigues, Indi­an Coun­try Today Media Network For cen­turies the piny­on trees of Neva­da have nour­ished the Shoshone, Paiute and oth­er peo­ples, giv­ing them pine nuts, ingre­di­ents for soup, milk and even a place to pray. Now it is about to become some­thing else: a prof­itable source of biomass. The Piny­on-Juniper Part­ner­ship, a con­sor­tium…