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We are a science-based non-profit dedicated to promoting the conservation of whitebark pine and other high-elevation, five-needle pine ecosystems by supporting restoration, education, management, and research projects that enhance knowledge and stewardship of these valuable ecosystems.
In summer 2016, the Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation (WPEF) in partnership with American Forests approached the U.S. Forest Service with a bold idea: We proposed developing a collaborative inter-agency strategic rangewide restoration plan for whitebark pine.
Whitebark pine is also a foundation species (Ellison et al. 2005), and as a dominant forest component in many regions, it stabilizes ecosystem function. Tolerant of the harshest conditions, whitebark pine grows at the highest treeline elevations; its canopies shade snowpack and protract snowmelt, thus regulating downstream flows; its roots ...
We are a science-based non-profit dedicated to promoting the conservation of whitebark pine and other high-elevation, five-needle pine ecosystems by supporting restoration, education, management, and research projects that enhance knowledge and stewardship of these valuable ecosystems.
Registration is now open for the 2024 Whitebark Pine Science & Management Conference to be held Oct. 9-11 in Baker City, Oregon at the Churchill School and hosted by the Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation.
We are a science-based non-profit dedicated to promoting the conservation of whitebark pine and other high-elevation, five-needle pine ecosystems by supporting restoration, education, management, and research projects that enhance knowledge and stewardship of these valuable ecosystems.
The conference is hosted in a new location each year and includes a field trip to local whitebark pine sites to discuss disease, climate change, restoration, mountain pine beetle infestations, or other issues relavant to the local whitebark pine populations.
Nutcracker Notes is a biannual newsletter published by the Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation. It includes articles on the latest research results on the ecology and management of whitebark pine ecosystems along with articles of past and future WPEF news and events.
The Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation, in its leading role in the National Whitebark Pine Restoration Plan, has begun an ambitious program to restore whitebark pine stands in core areas throughout the western United States.
Please plan to join us in Baker City, Oregon from October 9th-11th for three days filled with learning and enjoying high-elevation forest ecosystems. New this year, we’ll gather for afternoon workshops on Wednesday, October 9th to expand our knowledge on whitebark restoration treatments and monitoring. On Thursday we will hear the latest ...