Present Status of the White Pine Blister Rust in the Pacific Northwest Volume 3 Number 2

This article presents the slow creep of White Pine Blister Rust to Idaho suggesting that it most likely has already infected Idaho forest and is just yet to be found. Current efforts to mitigate the spread include the removal of currants and gooseberries which were thought to host the rust at one point in its life cycle. The article continues on describing possible impacts to the environment of Idaho forests were to be attacked