Commenting on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s designation of whitebark pine as threatened with potential extinction, Diana Tomback, Biology Professor and Policy Director of the Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation said, “We know how to find genetic resistance to white pine blister rust and there's a number of whitebark pine trees that have it. They will be the foundation of a planting strategy.”

Whitebark pine that feeds grizzlies is threatened, US says
7 News & Associated Press, December 14

Climate change, wildfires and a deadly fungus threaten this iconic tree
Washington Post, December 14

How to save the whitebark pine
High Country News, January 5