These species are so intertwined that nutcrackers evolved a special pouch for holding whitebark seeds, and nearly 100% of whitebark plantings are done by the nutcracker. But as disease threatens to eliminate whitebark from the landscape, this symbiotic relationship could collapse.
Without nutcrackers to plant their seeds, whitebark cannot survive. Glacier's cutting-edge Clark's nutcracker research is giving us new insights into these critical birds and their relationship with the imperiled pines. We need your help to keep it going, and today your gift will be matched 2x up to $6,000!