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Ponderosa Pollen Is Messy Business

KNAU News and Talk - Arizona Public Radio
Published June 21, 2011 at 8:49 AM MST

By Gillian Ferris Kohl

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/knau/local-knau-974278.mp3

Flagstaff, AZ – For the last few weeks, many parts of northern Arizona have been gripped by what amounts to a pollen blizzard. The culprits are the Ponderosa pine trees. And, as Arizona Public Radio's Gillian Ferris Kohl reports, their annual pollination cycle is creating one dusty, yellow mess.
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