But a nonnative fungus that causes white pine to blister rust has entered the scene and become an existential threat to the pines, says Diana Tomback, one of the foremost researchers of the unique ...

The answer revolves around historical logging, decades of fire suppression and the threat of a little-known but incredibly deadly disease called white pine blister rust. In the early 1800s ...

The enemy: white pine blister rust, an incurable fungus infection that is spreading like a blitzkrieg. Blister rust got its beachhead in the U.S. in 1898, in a shipment of infected white pine ...

A nonnative fungus — white pine blister rust — has been killing whitebark pines for a century and they've been largely wiped out in areas. That includes the eastern edge of Yellowstone ...

White pine blister rust, an invasive fungal disease, is the primary threat to the pine. Dead red branches and orange-rimmed canker sores are signs of the disease, which can eventually kill the tree.

and white pine blister rust, a fungal disease caused by an invasive pathogen. “This is a species that has been of concern for a very, very long time,” said Daniel Omdal, a forest pathologist ...

Blister rust on a western white pine tree. A University of Idaho Extension workshop in June will help foresters and family forest owners restore the species, which is the state tree of Idaho and ...

They warn that the white pine blister rust infection, mountain pine beetle attacks, and large intense wildfires are hurting the species. Last year, U.S. Fish and Wildlife listed whitebark pine as ...