Daniel McKay / Whitefish Pilot
Hal Herring cages the cones of a whitebark pine tree on Big Mountain Tuesday, July 18. The cages keep out squirrels and Clark’s nutcracker.
July 27, 2016
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July 27, 2016 2 a.m.
Keystone species
High above most everything else on Big Mountain, marking the treeline where dense forest becomes open sky, sit dozens of tall pines with what appears to be mesh bags covering their pine cones.