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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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., ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Scientists announced this month they have successfully sequenced the whitebark pine genome, a ...

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, ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that the whitebark pine will be listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The pine is the most widespread tree to ...

Whitebark pine, an iconic but rare species of pine tree that can be found at high elevations across Central Oregon’s forests, will start to receive special protection after it was listed as threatened ...

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