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Can A Dying Tree Species Be Saved At Crater Lake?

Crater Lake National Park, Oregon.
Courtesy of Nicole Lux
Crater Lake National Park, Oregon.

Ross Reynolds interviews journalist Emma Marris about her recent essay in Orion magazine about human intervention to save endangered species in wilderness areas.

Marris explores the example of  Oregon’s Crater Lake National Park where seeds, grown from cones for two years at the Dorena Genetic Resource Center near Cottage Grove, Oregon, are being planted to preserve dying whitebark pine trees.