Whitebark Pine Monitoring at Crater Lake and Lassen Volcanic National Parks: Fiscal Years 2012–2014 Project Report.

摘要

This report describes the results of a three year project to establish whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) monitoring plots in Crater Lake National Park (CRLA) and Lassen Volcanic National Park (LAVO). The project is a collaboration between scientists from the NPS Klamath Inventory and Monitoring Network and the Principal Investigator, Erik Jules of Humboldt State University and his students. This project implements methodology outlined by McKinney et al. (2012) for five-needle pines found on National Park Service land in the western United States. Here we present data and observations from the first three years of monitoring (2012, 2013, and 2014). Thirty plots have now been established and monumented in each of the two parks, and all trees have been identified and tagged with unique identification numbers. Whitebark pines were assessed for blister rust and other insect and pathogen damage.