So there is a Pine Tree blight...

[Lakesrider]

Read an article in the Conway Daily paper that there is actually a fungus going through the pines that is making the needles brown and fall off. But it is not supposed to be detrimental to the trees. they should bounce back according to the article.

"Forest Insect and disease leaflet Number 44 from the Us department of Agriculture forest Service.
Brown spot needle blight caused by a fungus called scirrhia acicola, that delays growth and causes mortality in long needle pines."


http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/fidls/br_spot_pines/brown-spot.htm

[Grant]

Thanks for sharing that. I'd seen a post or two here about the blight, and noticed quite a few white pines with yellow & brown needles over the weekend. It's a huge relief to hear that these trees (many of them quite large & old) aren't "terminal."