Hillary Robison News Today

Montana’s national parks kicked off new efforts to restore whitebark pine on their landscapes this fall following an injection of funding from the Inflation Reduction Act.

An entire ecosystem, anchored by Whitebark Pine trees in Yellowstone National Park, is on the verge of collapse.

An entire ecosystem, anchored by Whitebark Pine trees in Yellowstone National Park, is on the verge of collapse.

An entire ecosystem, anchored by Whitebark Pine trees in Yellowstone National Park, is on the verge of collapse.

An entire ecosystem, anchored by Whitebark Pine trees in Yellowstone National Park, is on the verge of collapse.

An entire ecosystem, anchored by Whitebark Pine trees in Yellowstone National Park, is on the verge of collapse.

Satellite remote sensing data from numerous orbiting spacecraft have long been instrumental in studying and monitoring Yellowstone—especially the thermal areas and geyser basins that make Yellowstone National Park famous.