Many of you know about whitebark pine — the high-elevation, slow-growing, five-needled pine trees that provide a critical fall food source for many grizzly bears. Whitebark pine has a typical life ...

Whitebark pine is a threatened tree species that provides ecological and cultural value across its range in the U.S. West and Canada. Scientists have sequenced its genome, presenting new opportunities ...

Whitebark pines are unmistakable, with their stout, twisted trunks — shaped but not dominated by the wind — topped with clumps of needles on upswept branches. But by 2016, over half of those still ...

The U.S. Forest Service has approved a 7,700-acre forestry project west of Hungry Horse Reservoir. About 2,000 acres will undergo commercial treatments using mechanized ground or cable methods, ...

Whitebark pine depends heavily on nutcrackers for seed dispersal and germination; but if whitebark pine seeds aren't abundant, the nutcracker will find another food source, making it harder for ...

Whitebark pine trees are in serious danger, as the effects of a shifting climate may wipe out the majority of this integral species. As Phys.org shared, a study has shown that whitebark pine trees ...

The Flathead National Forest has authorized a project to log portions of a nearly 130,000-acre expanse of federal land west of Hungry Horse Reservoir, including 2,000 acres of commercial harvests in ...

Whitebark pines are unmistakable, with stout, twisted trunks that are shaped but not dominated by the wind and topped with bundles of needles on upswept branches. But by 2016, over half of the trees ...

Diana Tomback studies whitebark pine across the West in places like the Custer-Gallatin National Forest outside Yellowstone. (E.R. Pansing) Dorena Genetic Resource Center near Cottage Grove, Ore., ...

Whitebark pines are five-needle pine trees that grow at high elevations. The Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation is inviting the public to learn more about the tree and conservation efforts at a ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed threatened species protection on Tuesday for the whitebark pine. The pine occurs at high elevations across seven western states, including ...