Whitebark pines need protection but won’t get it, U.S. officials say

By Matthew Brown / The Bulletin
July 21, 2011

BILLINGS — A high-elevation pine tree devastated by disease, beetles and climate change warrants greater protection under the Endangered Species Act, the Fish and Wildlife Service said this week. But the agency said it will not immediately list the whitebark pine as threatened or endangered....

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