Bradly J. Boner | Photography

Whitebark pine tree study in Grand Teton National Park

Nancy Bockino holds a whitebark pine cone that has been almost picked clean by birds or squirrels. Bockino hopes the baskets placed over the cone clusters on whitebark pine branches will allow the cones and their seeds to mature, when they will then be picked and stored by the researchers.

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Nancy Bockino holds a whitebark pine cone that has been almost picked clean by birds or squirrels. Bockino hopes the baskets placed over the cone clusters on whitebark pine branches will allow the cones and their seeds to mature, when they will then be picked and stored by the researchers.