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A whitebark pine seedling planted in 2013 is thriving in its new home near Werner Peak on the Tally Lake Ranger District.
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Barely visible through the scales of an old cone, a whitebark pine seed is sprouting. Found near Werner Peak on the Tally Lake Ranger District.
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A young seedling casts a big shadow. In the Valley Face project area, Tally Lake Ranger District.
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By mid-September, only the shells remain of whitebark pine cones, highly prized as a nutritional commodity in the Forest. All the seeds have been consumed or cached. Thoma ridge, Hungry Horse-Glacier View Ranger District.
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White pine cones, easily identified by their resemblance to a banana, hang from the branches of a young tree. On Mount Swaney, Tally Lake Ranger District.
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A cluster of tiny western red cedar seedlings in their first year of growth. Swan Lake Ranger District.
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The ground level perspective while extracting a core sample from a Western Larch with a ridiculously low crown ratio. Rumbling Owl project area, Swan Lake Ranger District.
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Looking up the bole of a cedar tree into a mostly cedar canopy, an uncommon sight on the FNF. Rumbling Owl project area, Swan Lake Ranger District.
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An alpine larch along a trail, observed between Nasukoin and Lake Mountain in the Whitefish Range, on the Glacier View Ranger District.
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Alder waking up for the year in the Martin Radnor area, Tally Lake Ranger District.
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Rocky Mountain maple flowering in the Martin Radnor area on the Tally Lake Ranger District.
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Exposed tree roots below Martin Creek Falls on the Tally Lake Ranger District.
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A couple young Doug firs growing along Martin Creek Falls on the Tally Lake Ranger District.
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Rocky Mountain Maple shows up for fall. On Lost Mountain. Tally Lake Ranger District.
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A bird’s eye peek at Griffin Creek as seen from the trail to Lupine Lake, Tally Lake Ranger District.
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A fallen Western Larch cone rests on some debris in a planting unit near Great Bear Creek on the Hungry Horse Ranger District.
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Pollen from a whitebark pine tree on Big Mountain, freshly collected and waiting for the green bits to be removed before being packaged and taken to the nursery in Coeur d’Alene. Tally Lake Ranger District.
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Planting a whitebark pine seedling
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A newly planted whitebark pine seedling
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Teaming with Partners for whitebark pine planting
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The Squeezer Fire area where planting took place.
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Planting Crew
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A newly planted whitebark pine seedling.
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Nicky Oulette, Montana Public Radio journalist
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Planting trees
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On the trail after a day collecting whitebark cones
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Collecting Whitebark Pine Cones
Forest Service - Northern Region:
Collecting Whitebark Pine Cones
Forest Service - Northern Region:
Collecting Whitebark Pine Cones
Forest Service - Northern Region:
Collecting Whitebark Pine Cones
