2026 Whitebark Pine Science and Management Conference and Training: Presentations and Posters
October 19, 2026
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation’s Science and Management Conference! We are happy to share PDFs of presentations and posters from the conference.
Whether you attended the conference or are seeing these for the first time, we invite you to explore these resources and learn from the incredible work being done.
Posters available for viewing
- Avian Dispersers and Microsite Conditions Mediate Post-Fire Recruitment of Whitebark Pine
- Tyler Pelletier, Stephanie Yelenik, Tom Dilts, and Hall Cushman
- Southern Sierra Whitebark Pune Cone Collection Project
- Nancy Bockino, Zoë Klein, Richard Sniezko, Sylvia Haultain, Daniel Keeley
- Long-term monitoring of whitebark pine populations on the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
- Alison K. Paulson, Caitlin K. Murphy
- Filling the whitebark pine data gap
- Lila Sadler
- Evaluating Direct Seeding for Whitebark Pine Recovery in the Caldor Fire, Lake Tahoe, USA
- Aaron Vanderpool, Camille Jensen, Emma Williams, Patricia Maloney
- Mapping Climate Refugia and Threats for Whitebark Pine Conservation — Southern Sierra Nevada
- David Thoma, Lydia Druin, Zoe Klein, Elizabeth Pansing, Sylvia Haultain, Mike Tercek
Presentation slides available for viewing
- Limiting Whitebark Pine Mortality During Burning
- Sharon Hood
- Growth and Defense Response of Whitebark Pine to Daylighting Treatments
- Nickolas Kichas, Paul Hood, Erin Hooten, Sharon Hood
- Setting the Stage for whitebark recovery in California by identifying gaps in knowledge about its primary seed disperser, Clark’s Nutcracker
- Mary Clapp, Chris Ray, Taza, Schaming
- Whitebark Pine Post-fire Regeneration Patterns in Two Recent Wildfires of Sierra Nevada
- Marc Meyer, Ali Paulson, Lacey Hankin, Blake Engelhardt, and Becky Estes
- Restoring whitebark pine in the Pacific Northwest: Roots of seed and seedling establishment
- Eve Bernhard
- Climate Based Seed Transfer: Based on Age 10 Year Performance
- Charlie Cartwright
- Genomic tools to support WPBR resistance screening and restoration in whitebark pine
- Brian Allen
- Monitoring Stand Dynamics to Inform Management of Whitebark Pine in the Warner Mountains, Modoc National Forest
- Amy Langston and Danny Cluck
- Implementation of experimental direct seeding projects in the Inland West to improve restoration outcomes
- Abby King and Dani Yashinovitz