Whitebark pine is a target?
(d) Within 120 days of the date of this order, the Sec of the Interior, through the Directors of the FWS and the BLM, and the Sec of Agriculture, shall complete the Whitebark Pine Rangewide Programmatic Consultation under section 7 of the ESA.
(d) Within 120 days of the date of this order, the Sec of the Interior, through the Directors of the FWS and the BLM, and the Sec of Agriculture, shall complete the Whitebark Pine Rangewide Programmatic Consultation under section 7 of the ESA.
Whitebark Pine - Featured Creature (U.S. National Park Service)
www.nps.gov
March 2, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Whitebark pine is a target?
(d) Within 120 days of the date of this order, the Sec of the Interior, through the Directors of the FWS and the BLM, and the Sec of Agriculture, shall complete the Whitebark Pine Rangewide Programmatic Consultation under section 7 of the ESA.
(d) Within 120 days of the date of this order, the Sec of the Interior, through the Directors of the FWS and the BLM, and the Sec of Agriculture, shall complete the Whitebark Pine Rangewide Programmatic Consultation under section 7 of the ESA.
As an Oregonian I'm obligated to post at least one Crater Lake photo for #ArtAdventCalendar (Day 15)
Framed by a Whitebark pine, a keystone species and federally listed as threatened (mostly due to white pine blister rust, a nonnative fungal disease)
#becurious #nature
Framed by a Whitebark pine, a keystone species and federally listed as threatened (mostly due to white pine blister rust, a nonnative fungal disease)
#becurious #nature
December 15, 2024 at 3:24 PM
As an Oregonian I'm obligated to post at least one Crater Lake photo for #ArtAdventCalendar (Day 15)
Framed by a Whitebark pine, a keystone species and federally listed as threatened (mostly due to white pine blister rust, a nonnative fungal disease)
#becurious #nature
Framed by a Whitebark pine, a keystone species and federally listed as threatened (mostly due to white pine blister rust, a nonnative fungal disease)
#becurious #nature
Up on Carson pass (El Dorado National Forest) checking out the whitebark pine and botanizing. This is my kind of training 😊
September 22, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Up on Carson pass (El Dorado National Forest) checking out the whitebark pine and botanizing. This is my kind of training 😊
April 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Audie with her own unique ice cream flavors, whitebark raspberry and starcherry
#acnh #animalcrossing
#acnh #animalcrossing
May 20, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Audie with her own unique ice cream flavors, whitebark raspberry and starcherry
#acnh #animalcrossing
#acnh #animalcrossing
Cetraria sphaerosporella is a species unique to Northwest North America where it commonly grows on whitebark pine, as seen here near Sunrise in Washington’s Mt. Rainier National Park.
March 31, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Cetraria sphaerosporella is a species unique to Northwest North America where it commonly grows on whitebark pine, as seen here near Sunrise in Washington’s Mt. Rainier National Park.
QuotePost with a picture you took in a National Park.
#NationalParkService America’s Best Idea
Crater Lake NP
#becurious
#NationalParkService America’s Best Idea
Crater Lake NP
#becurious
February 25, 2025 at 4:58 AM
QuotePost with a picture you took in a National Park.
#NationalParkService America’s Best Idea
Crater Lake NP
#becurious
#NationalParkService America’s Best Idea
Crater Lake NP
#becurious
Student Spotlight! Meet Josh Beisel, U Montana PhD student researching post-fire regeneration in whitebark pine stands in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness. Learn more here as Josh discusses common misconceptions about whitebark & #wildfire. 🧪🌏
Student Spotlight: Joshua Beisel – Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation
Meet Joshua Beisel, a PhD student at the University of Montana, who is studying interactions between whitebark pine and wildfire dynamics with Dr. Andrew Larson.
whitebarkfound.org
April 18, 2024 at 1:48 AM
Student Spotlight! Meet Josh Beisel, U Montana PhD student researching post-fire regeneration in whitebark pine stands in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness. Learn more here as Josh discusses common misconceptions about whitebark & #wildfire. 🧪🌏
May 12, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Knew if I kept looking I'd find a Clark's Nutcracker on "THE Branch" too! 😂
Also a great size comparison of the three birds (so far!) we have on this Whitebark Pine
It's at the Watchman Overlook, Crater Lake NP
#BirdOfTheDay #BranchBirds
#birds #becurious 🪶
Also a great size comparison of the three birds (so far!) we have on this Whitebark Pine
It's at the Watchman Overlook, Crater Lake NP
#BirdOfTheDay #BranchBirds
#birds #becurious 🪶
February 19, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Knew if I kept looking I'd find a Clark's Nutcracker on "THE Branch" too! 😂
Also a great size comparison of the three birds (so far!) we have on this Whitebark Pine
It's at the Watchman Overlook, Crater Lake NP
#BirdOfTheDay #BranchBirds
#birds #becurious 🪶
Also a great size comparison of the three birds (so far!) we have on this Whitebark Pine
It's at the Watchman Overlook, Crater Lake NP
#BirdOfTheDay #BranchBirds
#birds #becurious 🪶
A Clark’s Nutcracker on a keystone whitebark pine at Crater Lake NP: they’re a team he caches the seeds for food, and the ones he forgets sprout new pines! 🪶
#BirdOfTheDay #BranchingOut #birds #clarksnutcracker #whitebarkpine #CraterLakeNP #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #birdwatching
#BirdOfTheDay #BranchingOut #birds #clarksnutcracker #whitebarkpine #CraterLakeNP #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #birdwatching
June 7, 2026 at 8:26 AM
A Clark’s Nutcracker on a keystone whitebark pine at Crater Lake NP: they’re a team he caches the seeds for food, and the ones he forgets sprout new pines! 🪶
#BirdOfTheDay #BranchingOut #birds #clarksnutcracker #whitebarkpine #CraterLakeNP #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #birdwatching
#BirdOfTheDay #BranchingOut #birds #clarksnutcracker #whitebarkpine #CraterLakeNP #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #birdwatching
Many NAmerican forest types are experiencing similar demographic declines, with little/no reproduction. Examples include oak forests in CA and the Midwest, whitebark and western white pine in the West, cottonwoods in some dryland settings. Forests of the 'living dead' are all around us.
Forests may look quite resilient to changing conditions if trees are still standing, but if they're not regenerating there'll be nothing to replace the old trees as they die. They are dying on their feet
And if they're not regenerating already, at 1.5C...
And if they're not regenerating already, at 1.5C...
In some UK woodlands, every young tree has died. What’s going wrong?
With forests under pressure from drought, heat, disease and deer, a study has found fewer trees across a range of species surviving to maturity. But scientists say there is still hope
www.theguardian.com
July 13, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Many NAmerican forest types are experiencing similar demographic declines, with little/no reproduction. Examples include oak forests in CA and the Midwest, whitebark and western white pine in the West, cottonwoods in some dryland settings. Forests of the 'living dead' are all around us.
July 29, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Some media exposure for our new paper on whitebark pine.
🧪🌍
Thanks to @mongabay.com journalist @john-cannon.bsky.social for the great reporting.
🧪🌍
Thanks to @mongabay.com journalist @john-cannon.bsky.social for the great reporting.
Warmer climate could slash threatened whitebark pine territory within decades: Study
Hotter and drier conditions could whittle away 80% of land where whitebark pine grows by the middle of this century, according to a recent study. Scattered across the highest parts of the Rocky Mounta...
news.mongabay.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Some media exposure for our new paper on whitebark pine.
🧪🌍
Thanks to @mongabay.com journalist @john-cannon.bsky.social for the great reporting.
🧪🌍
Thanks to @mongabay.com journalist @john-cannon.bsky.social for the great reporting.
Oldest recorded whitebark pine found in Grand Teton National Park
->Jackson Hole News&Guide | More on "Whitebark pine climate change impacts" at BigEarthData.ai | #national park
->Jackson Hole News&Guide | More on "Whitebark pine climate change impacts" at BigEarthData.ai | #national park
Oldest recorded whitebark pine found in Grand Teton National Park
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www.jhnewsandguide.com
September 23, 2026 at 12:14 PM
And here’s a further altitude/climate interaction:
Whitebark pine grows at elevations where it usually gets too cold for overwintering mountain pine larvae to survive . But climate change means warmer winters pushing upslope, and whitebark pine refuges shrink. 🌎
www.usgs.gov/news/climate...
Whitebark pine grows at elevations where it usually gets too cold for overwintering mountain pine larvae to survive . But climate change means warmer winters pushing upslope, and whitebark pine refuges shrink. 🌎
www.usgs.gov/news/climate...
February 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
And here’s a further altitude/climate interaction:
Whitebark pine grows at elevations where it usually gets too cold for overwintering mountain pine larvae to survive . But climate change means warmer winters pushing upslope, and whitebark pine refuges shrink. 🌎
www.usgs.gov/news/climate...
Whitebark pine grows at elevations where it usually gets too cold for overwintering mountain pine larvae to survive . But climate change means warmer winters pushing upslope, and whitebark pine refuges shrink. 🌎
www.usgs.gov/news/climate...
#trekking ECHO LAKE at 2500m., westside of HURRICANE RIVER VALLEY, #EagleCapWilderness #OREGON
Whitebark pine, with protective wind-sculpted skirt
of Subalpine fir...on WALLOWA BATHOLITH granite...
#backpacking #ecology #climate
Whitebark pine, with protective wind-sculpted skirt
of Subalpine fir...on WALLOWA BATHOLITH granite...
#backpacking #ecology #climate
June 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
#trekking ECHO LAKE at 2500m., westside of HURRICANE RIVER VALLEY, #EagleCapWilderness #OREGON
Whitebark pine, with protective wind-sculpted skirt
of Subalpine fir...on WALLOWA BATHOLITH granite...
#backpacking #ecology #climate
Whitebark pine, with protective wind-sculpted skirt
of Subalpine fir...on WALLOWA BATHOLITH granite...
#backpacking #ecology #climate
Reintroducing myself! I am a quantitative wildlife ecologist working alongside USFS/NPS for range-wide whitebark pine conservation and am a #uw-madison and #uidaho alum! Whitebark, martens, ungulates, felids, and genetics galore!
March 7, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Reintroducing myself! I am a quantitative wildlife ecologist working alongside USFS/NPS for range-wide whitebark pine conservation and am a #uw-madison and #uidaho alum! Whitebark, martens, ungulates, felids, and genetics galore!
New paper alert (thread)!
"Whitebark pine [WBP] in the United States projected to experience an 80% reduction in climatically suitable area by the mid-21st century"
In this paper, we modeled WBP climatic suitability under reference period (1961-1990) and mid-21st century climate
1/6
"Whitebark pine [WBP] in the United States projected to experience an 80% reduction in climatically suitable area by the mid-21st century"
In this paper, we modeled WBP climatic suitability under reference period (1961-1990) and mid-21st century climate
1/6
Whitebark pine in the United States projected to experience an 80% reduction in climatically suitable area by the mid-21st century - IOPscience
Whitebark pine in the United States projected to experience an 80% reduction in climatically suitable area by the mid-21st century, Parks, Sean A, Hefty, Kira L, Rushing, Jaclyn F, Goeking, Sara A, To...
doi.org
September 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
New paper alert (thread)!
"Whitebark pine [WBP] in the United States projected to experience an 80% reduction in climatically suitable area by the mid-21st century"
In this paper, we modeled WBP climatic suitability under reference period (1961-1990) and mid-21st century climate
1/6
"Whitebark pine [WBP] in the United States projected to experience an 80% reduction in climatically suitable area by the mid-21st century"
In this paper, we modeled WBP climatic suitability under reference period (1961-1990) and mid-21st century climate
1/6
Through the Graveyard of Whitebark Pines …
Miles and miles of dead Whitebark Pines
2/7
Miles and miles of dead Whitebark Pines
2/7
August 16, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Through the Graveyard of Whitebark Pines …
Miles and miles of dead Whitebark Pines
2/7
Miles and miles of dead Whitebark Pines
2/7
For +15 years it's been clear that a combo of blister rust, drought, pine beetles & direct climate impacts threaten whitebark pine - a culturally important keystone species critical for grizzlies. Recent research strengthens the case for urgent conservation intervention. 🌎 🌐 #climateheritage
Warmer climate could slash threatened whitebark pine territory within decades: Study
Hotter and drier conditions could whittle away 80% of land where whitebark pine grows by the middle of this century, according to a recent study. Scattered across the highest parts of the Rocky Mounta...
news.mongabay.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:25 AM
For +15 years it's been clear that a combo of blister rust, drought, pine beetles & direct climate impacts threaten whitebark pine - a culturally important keystone species critical for grizzlies. Recent research strengthens the case for urgent conservation intervention. 🌎 🌐 #climateheritage
#BirdOfTheDay is #GreyDay
Five years ago was a #LiferPie day at Crater Lake, a Clark’s Nutcracker going for ALL the Whitebark Pine seeds.
Just hanging out 🪶
Five years ago was a #LiferPie day at Crater Lake, a Clark’s Nutcracker going for ALL the Whitebark Pine seeds.
Just hanging out 🪶
March 14, 2026 at 8:00 PM
#BirdOfTheDay is #GreyDay
Five years ago was a #LiferPie day at Crater Lake, a Clark’s Nutcracker going for ALL the Whitebark Pine seeds.
Just hanging out 🪶
Five years ago was a #LiferPie day at Crater Lake, a Clark’s Nutcracker going for ALL the Whitebark Pine seeds.
Just hanging out 🪶
Years ago, an invasive fungus called white pine blister rust began killing the whitebark pine trees lining the rim of Mount Mazama’s crater. Scientists feared the worst, but after decades of trial-and-error genetics work, the trees no longer face extinction.
How Oregon scientists are solving the problem of Crater Lake’s dying trees
Oregon scientists have spent decades figuring out which trees can survive invasive blister rust fungus, which has wiped out millions of whitebark pine trees across the West and threatens the survival of the species.
www.opb.org
March 12, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Years ago, an invasive fungus called white pine blister rust began killing the whitebark pine trees lining the rim of Mount Mazama’s crater. Scientists feared the worst, but after decades of trial-and-error genetics work, the trees no longer face extinction.