A University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) student is receiving a fellowship from the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) for her work studying the effect of climate change on a species of tree vital to northern vegetation and wildlife.
Natural resources and environmental studies doctoral student Alana Clason's research will examine how climate change influences the northern-most populations of whitebark pine in the coastal and Rocky Mountains.
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