Science

Feds Propose Protections For The West's Imperiled Whitebark Pine

KUNC | By Robyn Vincent

Published December 4, 2020 at 5:30 PM MST

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Whitebark pine at high elevations in Glacier National Park. In recent years, the whitebark pine has declined by more than 50 percent.

Efforts to save a rugged and iconic tree of the American West are in the spotlight after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed listing the whitebark pine as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.