Whitebark
pine in western Canada
Whitebark
pine, an important keystone high-elevation species, is suffering a massive decline
due to disease, insects, fire exclusion and climate change. In August 2007, a
workshop was held in Whistler BC to foster communication between Canadian and
US researchers and land managers working with whitebark pine. Abstracts and presentations
(pdf) from this workshop describing the current research and management issues
for whitebark pine in western Canada can be downloaded from this website.
Workshop
sponsored by the:
Forest Genetics Council of British Columbia (FGC)
Gene Conservation Technical Advisory Committee of FGC (GTAC)
Extension
Technical Advisory Committee of FGC (ETAC)
Centre for Forest Conservation Genetics
(CFCG)
BC Ministry of Forests and Range (BCMFR)
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Workshop abstracts
and full presentations (pdf):
Whitebark
pine: uncertain future for the high elevation keystone
Diana
F. Tomback (U of Colorado)
Abstract,
Full presentation
Whitebark
pine in British Columbia: an overview of current conditions and potential future
trends
Elizabeth M. Campbell (BCMFR)
Abstract,
Full presentation
Whitebark
pine and white pine blister rust in the Rocky Mountains of Canada and northern
Montana
Cyndi M. Smith (Parks Canada), Brendan
Wilson, Salman Rasheed, Robert C. Walker, Tara Carolin, Brenda Shepherd.
Abstract,
Full presentation Variation
in cone and seed characteristics in whitebark pine from Oregon, Washington, and
British Columbia
I. Lebouc, J. Hill, F. Sorensen, J.
Berdeen, R. Shoal, C. Aubry, D. Pigott (Yellow Point Propagation Ltd), R. Sniezko, J. King, A. Kegley,
and L. Riley.
Abstract, Full
presentation Ecological
genetics and seed transfer recommendations for whitebark pine
Andrew
D. Bower and Sally N. Aitken (CFCG)
Abstract,
Full presentation Post-fire
recruitment of whitebark pine
Randy Moody (Timberline)
Abstract,
Full presentation Blister
rust prevalence in krummholz whitebark pine: implications for treeline dynamics
Lynn
M. Resler and Diana F. Tomback
(University
of Colorado)
Abstract, Full
presentation Ecological
resilience of Whitebark pine - Cladina lichen ecosystems at the northwest limit
of the species' range
Sybille Haeussler (Bulkley Valley
Centre), Suzanne Simard and Alex Woods
Abstract,
Full presentation Will
whitebark move north with climate change? A study of the current and projected
northern species boundary
Sierra Curtis-McLane
(CFCG)
Abstract, Full
presentation Whitebark
pine and the U.S. National Park System
Michael Murray
(Crater Lake NP)
Abstract,
Full presentation Whitebark
Pine Restoration Planning for the Rocky Mountain National Parks
Brendan
Wilson (Selkirk College), Salman Rasheed, Cyndi M. Smith, Adrian Leslie
Abstract,
Full presentation Verbenone
Protection of Whitebark Pine in Willmore Wilderness Park
Brooks
Horne (Forestry Division, Alberta Sustainable Resource Development)
Abstract, Full
presentation Ten
Situations that Shout "Watch Out" in Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Restoration
Activities
Robert E. Keane (USDA Forest Service)
Abstract,
Full presentation | 
