1. The Listing of Whitebark Pine and the Effects on Restoration Efforts in Canada Michael Murray, Ph.D. BC Forest Service (Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations)

3. Ownership

4. British Columbia Effort 1 BC Recovery Planning Effort 2 Lillooet Tribal Council Effort 3 Xeni Gwet'in First Nations

5. Effort 1 BC Recovery Planning (Joanne Vinnedge & Michael Murray) Scoping document facility to screen for rust resistant whitebark pine facility for production of rust-resistant stock

6. Effort 2 Lillooet Tribal Council 3-year program: Collecting seed and growing seedlings Developing and implementing restoration prescriptions Collecting health and stand data, and planting seedlings. Outreach

7. Effort 3 Xeni Gwet'in First Nations 2-year program Field surveys of whitebark pine stands and disease Mapping of all whitebark pine stands.

8. Other Efforts Not linked to federal listing Thinning Treatments Direct Seeding Trials A tactical plan for the recovery of whitebark pine in the Omineca Region (BC). Permanent Monitoring Plots Rust Screening Field Trials...

9. September 10 Planting Puddingburn Mtn

11. Increasing Demand with No Supply Increasing demand for planting Forest industry Mining industry First Nations Parks Utilities (e.g. tower site rehab)

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15. British Columbia

17. 201420152016201720182019 Propagate 40 Families Nursery RearingInoculateAssessment Propagate 40 Families Nursery RearingInoculateAssessment Propagate 40 Families Nursery RearingInoculateAssessment Controlled Inoculations Continue

18. Alberta Not linked to federal listing Re-measurement of health transect network: Plots in Alberta and BC provincial and federal parks and crown land Collaboration among Parks Canada, Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource 282 plots total in network: 191 whitebark and 91 limber Brad Jones

19. Germination trial for whitebark pine using seed from 3 Alberta populations – nearly complete. Longevity testing for whitebark pine storage potential. Future: 2015/16 : in situ & ex situ maturation & harvest trial (similar to limber pine trial – see poster); improved seedling quality trial. Alberta Lindsay Robb

20. Alberta Whitebark Pine Recovery Plan (2013-2018) Alberta

21. Summary Federal listing related to only several restoration projects on Provincial Lands. Most restoration efforts are regional scope and unrelated to federal listing. Once issued, a final Federal Recovery Strategy may lead to increased restoration efforts.

23. BC Feds Government Protection & Restoration

24. Brad Jones Randy Moody Lindsay Robb Kella Sadler Joanne Vinnedge Acknowledgement

25. michael.murray@gov.bc.ca