but one species of pine tree easily withstands snow, ice, and wind without breaking: the limber pine (Pinus flexilis). Also known as the Rocky Mountain white pine, limber pines are native to the ...

The tree depends on a mountain bird called the Clark’s nutcracker ... federal officials say. White pine blister rust, an invasive fungus sweeping through the tree’s range of more than 80 ...

White pine blister rust ... Researchers are also working on protecting seed source trees from the mountain pine beetles, which involves hanging pouches with synthetic version of the beetles ...

The trees are also affected by mountain pine beetles ... pines that were found to be genetically resistant to the white pine blister rust. “We have the tools and capability to make populations ...

“There were other trees that were hosting the mountain pine beetle and a few of the bristlecone ... fate of the Schulman Grove in California’s White Mountains, home to the oldest living ...

Kasten Dumroese, a research plant physiologist at the Forest Service’s Rocky Mountain Research Station in Idaho, stands in a crop of western white pine seedlings. These seedlings, the result of ...

As you might be aware, El Paso County and much of Colorado is seeing an uptick in mountain pine beetle (MPB) activity. MPB is a native insect that usually attacks weaker trees as part of a natural ...

Blister rust on a western white pine tree. A University of Idaho Extension workshop in June will help foresters and family forest owners restore the species, which is the state tree of Idaho and ...