Resources
The Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation provides many resources to support our mission. Here are a set of potential resources to aid in the education, management, and research of whitebark pine ecosystems.
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Education
Clark’s Nutcracker Citizen Science Project
In 2017, the Clark’s Nutcracker Project engaged 289 total participants in data collection, including 236 students of five organizations (NOLS, Teton Science Schools, the Community School, Wyoming Catholic College, Powell High School, and 2 independent citizens). To reach this audience, we gave public presentations and dozens of trainings to over 70 wilderness instructors representing 50 backcountry expeditions. In total, we completed 114 scientific surveys to document Clark’s nutcracker presence and whitebark pine stand conditions across four remote mountain ranges.
Symbiosis: Clark’s Nutcracker & Whitebark Pine: TED-ED Video: Symbiosis: A surprising tale of species cooperation
Sampling & Monitoring Methods/Bockino Bibliography
- Methods for Surveying and Monitoring Whitebark Pine for Blister Rust
- GYE_Whitebark_Monitoring_Protocol_June_2011_Version1_1
Outreach
- Management Aid: Sign to put on five-needle pines to prevent cutting
Other
Additional Resources
- Missoula Independent: Whitebark Pine – Slippery Jack to the Rescue
- Native fungus suggested as another tool for restoring ghostly whitebark pine forests
- American Forests: Underground Connection – Fungi and forests in peri
- TED ED Video: Symbiosis: A surprising tale of species cooperation
- NRDC Blog examines the future of whitebark in the West
- Scientific American profiles plight of the whitebark in Yellowstone
- Study finds small success for whitebark pine Helena Independent Record
- Salt Lake Tribune: Our Dying Forests Series
- USFWS: Not a prime candidate for endangered species
- Inoculation and Successful Colonization of Whitebark Pine Seedlings With Native Mycorrhizal Fungi Under Greenhouse Conditions
- Whitebark Pine Seed Scarifier
- Explore Big Sky beetle-killed whitebark pine in subalpine ecosystems
- High Elevation White Pines
- Sun Valley Magazine article on Whitebark Pine
- Forest Pathology Article – White Pine Blister Rust
- Dorena Tree Improvement Center – Blister Rust Photos
- Forest & Shade Tree Pathology
- Fire Lab Home Site
- Whitebark Pine Communities by Katherine C. Kendall
- The Status of Whitebark Pine Along the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail on the Umpqua National Forest (PDF)
- Prioritizing Whitebark Pine Habitat for Prescribed Fire
- A Range-Wide Restoration Strategy for Whitebark Pine (Pinus albicaulis)
- Green Scene – Whitebark Woes … Waterton Lakes National Park of Canada
- Whitebark Pine Stand Dynamics by Lori Daniels, University of British Columbia
- Whitebark Pine in the Gymnosperm Database
- Limber Pine in the Gymnosperm Database
- Missoulian article September 2013: Cone collecting in the Bitterroots
- NBC News July 2013:Forest Service orchard aims to protect and restore whitebark pine
- Bozeman Daily Chronicle article Sep 2013: Whitebark is a climate change poster child