Whitebark pine in the pacific northwest: What's next?

Conservation and restoration of whitebark pine are two important challenges facing us in the immediate future. We will present our approach for a whitebark pine conservation strategy which will focus on Federal lands in Oregon, Washington and California. This management plan will identify the actions needed to reduce the threats to the continued existence of whitebark pine throughout the planning area. Following the completion of the strategy, we will develop a land manager’s guide for restoration and managing whitebark pine. This manual will describe site assessments, provide a decision-making guide for setting stand level prioritization, and explain restoration techniques. In our presentation we will review these restoration techniques and discuss the challenges of their application to the highly variable whitebark pine stands in the Pacific Northwest.