# Event Details

- **Event Name**: High Elevation Jeffrey Pines CNPS Program, with Dr. Hugh Safford
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 27 May, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Wednesday, May 27, 7pm: Bristlecone Chapter Program
Jill Kinmont Boothe School (JKBS) Great Room, 166 Grandview Drive, Bishop

High Elevation Jeffrey Pines, with Dr. Hugh Safford

Dr. Hugh Safford is Chief Scientist for Vibrant Planet, an environmental public benefits corporation, and a member of the research faculty in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy at the University of California-Davis. Before joining Vibrant Planet, Safford was Regional Ecologist for the USDA-Forest Service’s Region 5 (California, Hawaii, Pacific territories) for more than two decades; he retired at the end of 2021. Read more here: https://safford.ucdavis.edu/people/hugh-safford

Program description: “In the summer of 2024, I found an extraordinarily high-altitude population of young Jeffrey pines in the Kaweah Mountains, at elevations up to nearly 12,700 feet. This is 1000s of feet above the generally recognized range of the species, and – unbelievably – the population included the highest formally recorded individuals of any tree species in California. This find set in motion a study of the Jeffrey pine phenomenon, its extent, its drivers, and its meaning. In the summer of 2025 we surveyed tree populations above timberline in Yosemite and Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks, as well as in the Inyo National Forest and the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit. We found that the Jeffrey pine phenomenon is much more widespread than we believed, we found that individuals of all of the subalpine tree species are growing at higher elevations than previously documented, and we found the first trees – all whitebark pine – ever reliably recorded above 4000 meters (13,124 feet) in California. An interaction between the warming climate and bird dispersal of seeds is driving much of what we see. I’ll report on our findings from last summer, describe what we know about the current status of the Jeffrey pine invasion, and theorize a bit about how this invasion may fundamentally change Sierra Nevada subalpine forests.”
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/bishop/high-elevation-jeffrey-pines-cnps-program-with-dr-hugh-safford/200030116647043
- **Event Categories**: science-fair
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 20

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Bishop
- **state**: CA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Jill Kinmont Boothe School
- **lat**: 37.36027
- **long**: -118.43424
- **full address**: Jill Kinmont Boothe School, 166 Grandview Drive,West Bishop, California, Bishop, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is High Elevation Jeffrey Pines CNPS Program, with Dr. Hugh Safford being held?
  - **A:** High Elevation Jeffrey Pines CNPS Program, with Dr. Hugh Safford takes place on Wed, 27 May, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Wed, 27 May, 2026 at 07:00 pm at Jill Kinmont Boothe School, 166 Grandview Drive,West Bishop, California, Bishop, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing High Elevation Jeffrey Pines CNPS Program, with Dr. Hugh Safford?
  - **A:** High Elevation Jeffrey Pines CNPS Program, with Dr. Hugh Safford is organized by Bristlecone Chapter, CNPS.

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