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I confess to a long love affair with the whitebark pine forests that define high peaks of the Northern Rockies. These synergies raise questions about the wisdom of relying on the two approaches that have dominated whitebark pine conservation so far: planting rust-resistant whitebark seedlings, and burning to free whitebark pine from tree competitors. Tracking a "Sneaky, Slow Burn" Ever the Whitebark Warrior, Wally Macfarlane recently led a massive Forest Service effort to assess the health of whitebark pine since our 2009 survey. [Extracted from the article] |
