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	Podcast:		Short Wave
	Episode:		The Race To Save A Tree Species
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:10:52
	Publish Date:		2023-03-08 05:30:39
	Description:		The whitebark pine is a hardy tree that grows in an area stretching from British Columbia, Canada south to parts of California and east to Montana. It's a keystone species in its subalpine and timberline ecosystems and plays an outsized role in its interactions with other species and the land — feeding and providing habitat for other animals, and providing shade to slow glacial melt to the valleys below. But it's increasingly threatened — by more intense fires, by mountain pine beetle infestations and by a deadly fungus called blister rust. Today, producer Berly McCoy takes the microphone to share the ongoing efforts by reforestation forester ShiNaasha Pete and others to save this important species. Check out the Headwaters Podcast: https://glacier.org/headwaters/ Reach the show by emailing shortwave@npr.org.
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