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Whitebark Pine: An unlikely tree in the spotlight

September 24, 2009

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
climatechange, endangeredspecies, endangeredspeciesact, ESA, globalwarming, grizzlybears, northernrockies, whitebarkpine, wyoming

Last year I had a chance to wander into the Wind River region of Wyoming with journalists, academics, and NRDC experts interested in getting to the bottom of the climate catastrophe that is unfolding in the region's whitebark pine...continued

An Arbor Day Tradeoff: new acacia and declining whitebark pine

April 24, 2009

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
acacia, arborday, climatechange, globalwarming, grizzlybear, mattbrown, northernrockies, tree, whitebarkpine

Earth Day gets all the pub, but I've always been kinda partial to Arbor Day. I mean, really, how often do you even think about trees? This Arbor Day, features a couple of interesting tree stories: In the journal...continued

Whitebark Pine: This Tree Tale Could Have a Happy Ending

December 9, 2008

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
endangeredspeciesact, ESA, grizzlybear, haagen-dazs, pinecone, pinenuts, whitebarkpine

NRDC submitted a petition to add the whitebark pine to the federal Endangered Species list today. I know, I know…an endangered tree... Boring. Or a horror story. Not so in either case. As to the idea that a tree...continued

Zombie Trees and Bear Attacks

September 27, 2008

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
grizzlybear, whitebarkpine, wyoming, yellowstone

From the landing approach to the airport in Jackson Hole, WY with the dramatic Tetons exploding from the flat plains below, my first visit to the northern Rockies was both exhilarating and depressing. I was in Wyoming to join...continued

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Josh Mogerman
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Chicago
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