The Giving Tree
How Whitebark Pines hold an ecosystem together.
This is the second episode of a 5-part series about the fight to save Whitebark Pine. In this episode, we see what’s at stake, and meet three of the many animals that rely on Whitebark Pine.
Clark’s Nutcrackers, Red Squirrels, and Grizzly Bears—oh my!
I arranged and conducted each interview for this episode, wrote scripts for each act, and helped edit the whole thing.
This is the episode Whitebark | Chapter Two, from season two of Headwaters. Season Two follows the fight to save Whitebark Pine: the most important tree you’ve never heard of.
“There’s cone debris all over the place. Bear scats full of seeds. And I’m telling you it was it was like bombs had gone off all over the whitebark pine stand.”
Who I Spoke With
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Brad Einstein
Federally Recognized Forest Comedian
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Lisa Bate
NPS - Wildlife Biologist
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Kate Kendall
USGS - Bear Biologist (Retired)
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Vlad Kovalenko
NPS - Wildlife Biologist