Two great chances to learn more about whitebark pine in person:
The Intermountain Forest Health Meeting in Golden on May 9th and 10th, 2012. A morning session will be featured on whitebark pine. contact Randy Moody or Michael Murray for more information, or if you are interested in presenting during that time slot
The annual International meeting of the WPEF will be held in Kimberly, BC this year, Sept. 14 & 15, 2012. These meetings are always a good way to catch up with fellow whitebark pine enthusiasts from Canada and the US, as well as spend a day outside exploring whitebark pine in its natural habitat! Check back here for more information on schedule and how to apply to present or attend this conference.
The annual International meeting of the WPEF will be held in Kimberly, BC this year, Sept. 14 & 15, 2012. These meetings are always a good way to catch up with fellow whitebark pine enthusiasts from Canada and the US, as well as spend a day outside exploring whitebark pine in its natural habitat! Check back here for more information on schedule and how to apply to present or attend this conference.
The More the Merrier!
Are you a member yet? Click on the "become a member" button to the left to learn more about the benefits of WPEF membership. We'd love to have you on the whitebark pine team!
Membership perks include:
1) a subscription to Nutcracker Notes magazine,
2) a vote in elections,
3) participation in annual meetings, and
4) access to the members only area of the Foundation’s web site.
Find the membership that's right for you:
Student ($25), Whitebark (regular: $35); Nutcracker (sustaining: $75); Grizzly (lifetime: $1000); Institutional ($150)
Membership perks include:
1) a subscription to Nutcracker Notes magazine,
2) a vote in elections,
3) participation in annual meetings, and
4) access to the members only area of the Foundation’s web site.
Find the membership that's right for you:
Student ($25), Whitebark (regular: $35); Nutcracker (sustaining: $75); Grizzly (lifetime: $1000); Institutional ($150)
BC Parks Research Forum Update...
Thanks to all those who attended our special whitebark pine workshop at last weeks BCPARF meeting in Vancouver. We all enjoyed the interesting presentations and stimulating discussion about conserving this important tree species within and beyond BC Parks.
Success!!
Thanks to all the dedicated whitebark and limber pine enthusiasts for your votes - we succeeded in receiving a Shell FuellingChange grant!
Stay tuned for more news about this exciting program to support grassroot restoration projects.
Stay tuned for more news about this exciting program to support grassroot restoration projects.
Vote For Our Foundation To Receive a $25,000 Grant
During the two-year period of this project, the immediate environmental benefits will be primarily through raising awareness about these species, creating a source of groups and individuals who will participate in future whitebark and limber pine restoration projects, and creating a secure source of seeds and a future source of seedlings to more rapidly enable restoration work. It is likely that the greatest environmental benefits are medium- and long-term, outside of
the scope of, yet very reliant on, the implementation of this project.
By relying on informed volunteers, we hope that awareness and work regarding these species will continue to grow.
By immediately initiating this project, we will be collecting seed from potentially rust resistant parent trees before other factors limit their availability. For example, many potentially rust resistant trees were killed by the beetle outbreak, by not waiting we will at least ensure that seed has been collected to form the basis for future restoration projects.
Medium- and long-term benefits of this project include the actions of the informed volunteers and the potential establishment of future whitebark or limber pine forests will not occur until after the two-year project is completed. The medium-term benefits of this project include seedlings being planted by an informed volunteer base with a readily available source of seedlings will have been created to get these species planted back on the landbase. The long-term benefits of this project may include the creation of
a future whitebark or limber pine stand or forest. At present, many sites suited for these species in the Crown of the Continent are characterized by ghost forests of dead trees, thus many people have not experienced the species diversity present in a whitebark or limber pine forest; it is hoped that we can
initiate the creation of such forests for future generations.
the scope of, yet very reliant on, the implementation of this project.
By relying on informed volunteers, we hope that awareness and work regarding these species will continue to grow.
By immediately initiating this project, we will be collecting seed from potentially rust resistant parent trees before other factors limit their availability. For example, many potentially rust resistant trees were killed by the beetle outbreak, by not waiting we will at least ensure that seed has been collected to form the basis for future restoration projects.
Medium- and long-term benefits of this project include the actions of the informed volunteers and the potential establishment of future whitebark or limber pine forests will not occur until after the two-year project is completed. The medium-term benefits of this project include seedlings being planted by an informed volunteer base with a readily available source of seedlings will have been created to get these species planted back on the landbase. The long-term benefits of this project may include the creation of
a future whitebark or limber pine stand or forest. At present, many sites suited for these species in the Crown of the Continent are characterized by ghost forests of dead trees, thus many people have not experienced the species diversity present in a whitebark or limber pine forest; it is hoped that we can
initiate the creation of such forests for future generations.
