The purpose of this paper is to: 1) provide a range-wide assessment of whitebark pine health, 2) describe range-wide restoration strategies for conserving and restoring whitebark pine, 3) provide a brief managers guide for selecting restoration strategies, and 4) describe information needs and challenges to restoration.

The National Forest Management Act of 1976 and the Healthy Forest Restoration Act of 2003 provide the statutory and regulatory support for developing restoration strategies to conserve, maintain, and restore whitebark pine on federal lands. Whitebark pine restoration also complements the National Fire Plan, National Invasives Species Strategy and Western Bark Beetle Reports by maintaining or restoring health and stability in ecosystems threatened by invasive species, fire, and bark beetles. Development and implementation of whitebark pine restoration strategies may also provide useful information for application to other high elevation white pine species, such as foxtail, limber, and bristlecone pines, that face similar conditions.