Conservation and management of whitebark pine ecosystems on Bureau of Land Management Lands in the western United States
Contributors: Cochrane, Alexia C.; Means, Robert E.; United States. Bureau of Land Management
Series: (Technical reference) -- 6711-1; Technical reference (United States. Bureau of Land Management) -- 6711-1.
Publisher: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management]
Published: 2016
Place of publication: [Denver, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 93
Subjects: Whitebark pine; Management; Trees; Diseases and pests; Mountain pine beetle; Control; Cronartium ribicola; Ecosystem management; Planning; Climatic changes; United States. Bureau of Land Management; United States
Other titles: Conservation and management of white bark pine ecosystems
Description: Whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis Engelm.), an important component of western high-elevation forests, has been declining in both the United States and Canada from the combined effects of the exotic disease white pine blister rust (caused by the pathogen Cronartium ribicola), mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus  ponderosae) outbreaks, altered fire regimes, and climate change. These  combined threats have led to the recent listing of whitebark pine as a high priority Candidate Species under the Endangered Species Act.
Notes: "August 2016."

"BLM/OC/ST-16/004+6711."

Includes bibliographic references (pages 75-91).

Also available online via the BLM Website.