PPT-Restoring whitebark pine ecosystems in the face of climate

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. 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 diversity . in upland hardwood systems of the Appalachian-Cumberland region. Tara L. Keyser, Research Forester, Southern Research . Station – Upland Hardwood Ecology and Management, . USDA FS, 1577 Brevard Rd., Asheville, NC 28806. . 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. whitebark. pine in the Greater Yellowstone . Ecosystem under . projected climates. Tony Chang, Andrew Hansen, Nathan . Piekielek. Montana State University. Heterogeneous change in climate. Vegetation response to climate. 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. 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 What are the characteristics of the major ecosystems?. Focus Task. How do these ecosystems differ?. Learning Objective: . To identify the distribution, climate and flora and fauna adaptations in two differing ecosystems. . 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 .