PPT-The impact of Whitebark Pine mortality

on Clarks Nutcracker demography Will restoration work Clarks Nutcracker Demography and Habitat Selection in the Face of Habitat Decline Taza Schaming tds55cornelledu Will Clarks nutcrackers. Photo: Richard Sniezko, USFSCone Identification: Photo: Eve Warren, Wyoming BLM, Worland F.O.Cone Identification: Cones are 3 USDA Forest Service, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, Naches, WA 98937 ) (Lanner 1982, Tomback 1982) and nutcrackers provide the sole mechanism of primary seed dispersal for whitebark pine (Hbark p and Why We Care. Willmore Wilderness Provincial Park. Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation. www.whitebarkfound.org. Diana F. Tomback, Director. Diana.Tomback@ucdenver.edu. Photo credits: D. F. Tomback. Ronald M. Lanner 61 USDA Forest Service R6-NR-FHP-2007-01 variable genus share the cone modifications that characterize the stone pines. This is true even of other bird- or mammal-dispersed pines l Results of monitoring blister rust and competing vegetation in 5 . northern. . Idaho sites from 1995- 2012. John Schwandt, . Holly Kearns, and Jim Byler. Project Purpose. Monitor natural WB regeneration over time. Schotzko. & Stephen P. Cook. 19 September 2014 University of Idaho. Moscow, Idaho. Mountain Pine Beetle Impacts . on . Whitebark. Pine: . Mortality and Stand Dynamics in the Intermountain West. Bob Keane, . USDA Forest Service. Rocky Mountain Research Station. Fire Sciences Laboratory. Whitebark Pine Ecosystems. Keystone . and Foundation Species. Covers over 15 % landscape. Protects snowpack. and the . Effects on Restoration Efforts in Canada. Michael Murray, Ph.D.. BC Forest Service. . (Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations). Ownership. British Columbia. . Effort 1. Whitebark. Pine in Canada. Whitebark. . Pine Ecosystem Foundation . WPEF. ) . 2014 Science . Meeting . Coeur d’Alene , Idaho. Kella. Sadler, Senior Species at Risk Biologist. Environment Canada – Canadian Wildlife Service. Pine Ecology. at . Treeline. : Implications for . Treeline. . Response to Climate Change. 1. University of Colorado Denver. 2. Virginia Tech University. 3. University of Iowa. Whitebark. Pine Ecosystem Foundation, . WhitebarkPineDiana F TombackUniversity of Colorado DenverNational WhitebarkPine Summit Missoula MT Nov 7-9 2017White Calf Mountain Glacier National Park MTView Blackfeet ReservationGlacier National Pa Mortality Considerations:. Use metrics that focus on premature mortality. Years of life lost . Compared to a uniform standard across the region?. Mortality before age 70 (or lower). Proportions of death within an age category (percent of CVD deaths before age…). Local contacts. Audrey Gustafson . Gary Swanson. North Sioux Lease cabins. Older dead red pine are present. Younger red pine are growing within the decline pocket, they appear very healthy.. . Evidence of . PUTTING CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE MAP: DEVELOPING SPECIFIC, SPATIAL MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR WHITEBARK PINE IN THE Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Whitebark. pine mortality. Keystone species. 80% mortality rate within the adult population .