Volunteers with Sugar Pine Foundation and Edgewood Tahoe Resort plant 60 Sugar Pine seedlings near the resort's green ...

A research crew surveys trees for white pine blister rust disease in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases ...

The tree is primarily threatened by an introduced fungal pathogen known as white pine blister rust. It is increasingly threatened by climate change, which is leading to increased fires and mountain ...

These larvae also deposit a fungus that can block the tree’s circulatory system. The other scourge has been white pine blister rust, a fungus from Asia that was introduced to North America in the ...

They were hosts to white pine blister rust, a fungus that destroys white pine trees. Some states still have restrictions in place. In those states, growing these berries may require a special permit.

Bockino estimates she, Diamond and the Whitebark Warriors have replanted nearly 5,000 trees in the past three years in the ...

Fire suppression and an invasive fungal disease known as white pine blister rust had already harmed this important high-country tree population. Now warmer temperatures have sped up the beetles’ ...