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Project Profile: Whitebark Pine Restoration and Resilience

Glacier National Park, Grand Teton National Park, Lassen Volcanic National Park, North Cascades National Park, Olympic National Park,

Mature but scraggly pine tree on rim of large, blue Craker Lake inside a caldera.
Whitebark Pine at Glacier National Park

NPS / Jen Hooke

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
National Seed Strategy | FY23 - 26 $355,000

Inflation Reduction Act
Restoration | FY23 - 24 $2,750,000

The National Park Service will build climate resilience and increase biodiversity in threatened whitebark pine forest ecosystems across Montana, Wyoming, California, and Washington. First year efforts focused on compliance, site assessment, establishment of agreements and contracts for planting and seeding, direct seeding, and identifying rust resistant trees.

Why? Without a dedicated conservation effort, threats from plant disease, beetle infestation, changing fire regimes and climate change could cause irreversible loss of the species, as well to the ecosystem services provided by whitebark pine forests, including snow retention, reducing erosion, providing cover for other trees, and food for 19 wildlife species including the threatened grizzly bear.

What Else? Efforts with Bipartisian Infrasturcture Law and Inflation Reduction Act funding support the National Whitebark Pine Restoration Strategy. Work in California and Washington national parks builds on 20 years of work at Glacier, Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and will cover over 300,000 acres and involve partners from other agencies, Native American tribes, the Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation, and American Forests.

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      Climate-informed science enhances resiliency in high mountain ecosystem, such as Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, where Whitebark pine are found. Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act funds are being leveraged to implement Whitebark pine restoration actions and meet National Park Service goals. 

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      • Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act support range-wide efforts to rescue disease-addled whitebark pine forests

        • Type: Article
        • Locations: Crater Lake National Park, Glacier National Park, Grand Teton National Park, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Mount Rainier National Park,
        • Offices: Greater Yellowstone Inventory & Monitoring Network, Inventory and Monitoring Division, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science Directorate, North Coast and Cascades Inventory & Monitoring Network, Sierra Nevada Inventory & Monitoring Network
        a whitebark pine tree on a hillside

        Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act funds enable whitebark pine recovery work at 10 national parks. In addition to identifying disease resistant trees and cultivating rust-resistant seedlings, increased staffing and expanded partnerships will also allow parks to collect and store seed during years when the pines produce massive amounts of seed during "mast" events.

      • Yellowstone National Park

        Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law invests $712,665 in restoration and resilience in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks

        • Type: News
        • Locations: Yellowstone National Park
        • Date Released: 2023-08-09
        whitebark pine monitoring

        This year, Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks received funding from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) as part of a nationwide effort to restore natural habitats and address climate change impacts. In fiscal year 2023, President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, through the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, provided $52 million to the National Park Service to fund projects throughout the country related to ecosystem resilience, restoration, and environmental planning needs.

      • Glacier National Park

        Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to invest $300K for restoration of native species, sustainability, and resilience at Glacier National Park

        • Type: News
        • Locations: Glacier National Park
        • Date Released: 2023-08-08
        Whitebark Pine Seedling held out in front of the sun with blue sky backgroud

        This year, Glacier National Park will receive $300,000 from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) to restore natural habitats and address climate change impacts. In fiscal year 2023, President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act, will provide $52 million to the National Park Service to fund projects throughout the country related to ecosystem resilience, restoration, and environmental planning needs.

      • Sequoia and Kings Canyon post-fire efforts focus on restoration of sequoia groves and Pacific fisher habitat

        • Type: Article
        • Locations: Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
        • Offices: Wildland Fire Program
        A person in PPE rappels down a sequoia tree.

        Using $2.6 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Burned Area Rehabilitation (BAR) funds, the National Park Service (NPS) has begun habitat restoration in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (SEKI) in areas outside of designated wilderness, and is in the planning stages for restoration within designated wilderness. This work is taking place in areas that burned during the 2020 SQF Complex and the 2021 KNP Complex.

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      Last updated: August 20, 2024