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You were right. I’ve been talking to some people who inspect trees and our tree has maybe a few years left. Even found a culprit this morning. I’m very sad! Thank you for all your help in figuring this out.

It hasn’t had cones since we moved in 4 years ago. I didn’t realize this was a problem. :(

Haha palm trees are a pain in the butt. Those things need to be climbed and trimmed too often for us. I’m going to have my husband clear out the area, hopefully that will give us a little more time with our favorite tree. I had no idea this could happen. I’m pretty bummed.

Thank you! I've been looking for a good excuse to get a pair of binoculars. I'll take a look up top as soon as I can. If it is the Ips beetles, there's nothing we can do, correct?

Interesting, thank you! I just went out to check, no visible holes as far as I can tell and the bark isn't peeling like I read could happen.

Winchester, Southern California

Forgive me for being totally clueless, but does this tree look sick? We have lived here a few years now and each year pine needles fall to the ground. I have never noticed how the tree progresses into winter but I recently read pines are supposed to be evergreen. Again, I have no knowledge of...