SMOKEY BAD (WESTERN WHITE PINE)

Written By Alex Crowson
 

The Great Fire of 1910 greatly changed the (literal) landscape of northern Idaho, as well as the continent’s population of western white pine (Pinus monitcola). What followed was one of the most successful and dangerous marketing campaigns in US history.

Completely Arbortrary is produced and hosted by Casey Clapp and Alex Crowson

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Cover art by Jillian Barthold
Music by Aves and The Mini-Vandals
Episode cover photo by Bryant Baker

Additional Reading:

Western White Pine (Pinus monticola)
White pine blister rust (Cronartium ribicola)
The Death of an Ecosystem
The Big Burn by Timothy Egan
Northwest Trees by Stephen Arno and Ramona Hammerly

 
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