PHOTO: Some whitebark pine on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest is weakened by white pine blister rust — evident by the orange spot in the middle of this branch — and by mountain pine beetles. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will decide whether the species — shown here in July 2008 — needs protection under the Endangered Species Act.
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