Sparse ground cover means the threat of fire is greatly reduced, a danger further lessened by the relative paucity of dead bristlecone needles in a landscape where trees ... pine is but 60 feet ...

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Longleaf pine was the dominant tree species in the Southeast when Europeans ... Timber markets are extremely important if you want to see a forested landscape," Beckham said.

It’s also important to protect the places on the landscape where the tree is managing to survive, and critical habitat protection could have helped with that. The whitebark pine is a keystone species ...