Klamath Network Whitebark Pine Monitoring Data Package 2012-2025
Klamath Inventory and Monitoring Network. 2026. Klamath Network Whitebark Pine Monitoring Data Package 2012-2025. National Park Service. Fort Collins CO https://doi.org/10.57830/2321536
This dataset contains monitoring data for whitebark pine at Crater Lake NP and Lassen Volcanic NP. Whitebark pine are declining in the face of multiple threats. As of January 2023, they are now a federally threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. White pine blister rust is a fungal infection caused by the non-native pathogen, Cronartium ribicola; this fungus is killing significant numbers of whitebark pine. Changes resulting from the disease are likely to have profound, ecosystem-wide effects. Mountain pine beetles also cause extensive damage to whitebark pine during beetle outbreaks, and climate change can exacerbate these stressors. Since 2012, we have monitored whitebark pine and its stressors at Crater Lake and Lassen Volcanic National Parks to determine the current status of this species and long-term trends. Objectives are to: monitor infection and death rates of whitebark pine from blister rust disease, mountain pine beetle, and other agents (fire, native diseases) over time; monitor associated plant species composition.
- Type
- Data Package
- Authors
- Klamath Inventory and Monitoring Network
- Date of Issue
- 2026-10-30
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- DOI
- 10.57830/2321536
- Units
- CRLA , LAVO
- Keywords
- blister rust, ecological data, ecological monitoring, five needle pine, long-term monitoring, national parks, whitebark pine
- License
- Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal