Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Project Summary
Glacier, Grand Teton, & Yellowstone National Parks
National Seed Strategy | $99,500
Over the last 15 years, parks have developed a successful whitebark pine (WBP) restoration program (62% seedling survival) to promote the growth of trees resistant to exotic white pine blister rust, create positive effects on wildlife and hydrologic processes at higher elevations, and create habitat restoration for grizzly bears, Clark’s Nutcracker, and the federally threatened whitebark pine.
The Why: This project will assist these three parks in building climate resilience and increasing biodiversity in threatened WBP forest ecosystems by increasing their capacity to collect seed and propagate blister rust resistant seedlings.
What Else? This project allows Glacier to increase the scale and scope of its existing restoration program and allow Grand Teton and Yellowstone to begin their restoration programs with seed collection and seedling propagation. This project will focus on WBP seed collection, WBP seedling production and ecoregional collaboration to support Glacier, Grand Teton, and Yellowstone WBP restoration goals.
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service