Title: Conservation and management of whitebark pine ecosystems on Bureau of Land Management Lands in the western United States
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.
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
Places: West (U.S.), West United States