DONE TO PROTECT THESE FORESTS. WHITEBARK PINE FORESTS COVER MORE THAN 80 MILLION ACRES ACROSS WESTERN NORTH AMERICA. THESE TREES PROVIDE FOOD AND SHELTER FOR ANIMALS AND HELP TO CONTROL SPRING RUNOFF.

Researchers have sequenced the whitebark pine genome, presenting new opportunities to help the threatened, high-altitude tree endure environmental challenges. “Sequencing the whitebark pine reference ...

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 ...

The whitebark pine is a hardy tree that grows in an area stretching from British Columbia, Canada south to parts of California and east to... How to save a slow growing tree species Stretching from ...

It’s estimated 25% to 35% of Wyoming’s forests are now dominated by “ghost forests” — standing dead timber from beetle epidemics and disease.

BOZEMAN, Mont. - About 15 miles up a dirt road into the Little Bear drainage, at an elevation of 8,300 feet lies a five-acre orchard of whitebark pine seedlings. I followed forestry technician Clay ...

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., ...

Scientists announced this month they have successfully sequenced the whitebark pine genome, a development that could help whitebark pine restoration be more affordable and efficient across the tree’s ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. High in the Gallatin Range south of Bozeman, a young whitebark pine tree, just over 3 feet tall, ...

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 ...

One tree in Central Oregon has helped protect iconic whitebark pine trees across the West. Scientists have sequenced the tree’s genome, a genetic map, that scientists help plant more resilient trees ...