A scientist helps save Crater Lake’s whitebark pine trees from an invasive fungus. In 2002, “Oregon Field Guide” told the story of how an invasive fungus called blister rust was killing Crater Lake's ...

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Federal bear biologists contend the rust is moving more slowly in Yellowstone than in northwest Montana and that the trees have co-evolved with mountain pine beetles for thousands of years. ‘‘We don't ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is trunk section of a diseased ...

About 100 seedlings of the whitebark pine tree were planted in Central Oregon early last month. The goal is to help increase their population as it has declined due to fungal disease, bark beetles and ...

University of Idaho Extension will offer an all-day white pine restoration workshop June 13 in Sandpoint. “It used to be the major species in the Inland Northwest, especially in North Idaho,” said ...

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 ...

Death is making the neighborhood begin to look a little shabby. Pinyon pine trees in south central Idaho, particularly in and around City of Rocks National Reserve are dying in noticeable numbers.

Whitebark pines across the West are getting clobbered by an alien fungus and native beetle. The attack on the whitebarks -- by Eurasian blister rust and the mountain pine beetle -- comes at the same ...