Connie Mehmel, a Forest Health Specialist for the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, will discuss whitebark pine and its role as an indicator of climate change and forest health on Sunday (Aug. 25) at the Methow Valley Interpretive Center. Mehmel, a former Methow Valley resident, is the Interpretive Center’s featured speaker in its monthly “Last Sunday” lecture […]
Whitebark pine
Forest Service proposes whitebark pine plantings
The public is invited to comment on a U.S. Forest Service proposal to plant whitebark pine this fall on Quartz Mountain in the Pasayten Wilderness, north of Winthrop. The Forest Service plans to plant 1,000 whitebark pine seedlings on about four acres in an area where the species existed before the trees were killed in […]
