Friends of Pando

09/03/2026

Curious about how Pando works? Visit our new FAQ. Have more questions? Ask in the comments.

https://www.friendsofpando.org/faq-howpandoworks/

Pando is an ancient tree that works in ingenuous ways. Gets answers to popular questions from the people who work to care for it.

08/26/2026

"A friend of Pando is a friend of mine." In 2022, sound artist Jeff Rice spent his residency listening to Pando — below-ground mics, quiet root and insect sound most visitors never notice.

The result, "The Pando Suite," was featured on NPR's Science Friday and later displayed at Jack Straw Cultural Center in Seattle. A tree this size has more going on than what you can see. Jeff just happened to bring the right equipment to prove it.

https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/listen-to-the-pando-largest-tree/

The ancient Pando tree inspired a sound artist to record the leviathan’s many movements.

08/25/2026

Shop for Good: Wanna show your support for homegrown forest conservation? Visit the Friends of Pando shop today for an assortment of unique clothing, home and decorative items for yourself, or the tree lover in your family.

Visit the Friends of Pando Store to purchase educational items and unique collectables. Proceeds go to work to help protect, monitor and inspire stewardship of the Pando Tree.

08/14/2026

A Popular question we hear a lot: "Is Pando Ok?" Visit the link to our new FAQ addressing claims made in mass media and research that Pando is broken apart, dying, a lost cause.

Link in the comments.

08/08/2026

Oh Golly. More Pando doom and gloom headlines. The tree must be dead or dying at least once a week!

Here's how we think about it. Hope you will too. (From Writer E. B. White's who responded to someone who wrote him a letter about feeling discouraged.)

08/04/2026

What you can do. Write a letter. Take 3 minutes for a tree that's stood for at least 9,000 years.

Pando's protection depends in part on decisions made far from Fish Lake — work to fund its care, land management priorities and policy.

Take 3 minutes to help educate elected leaders and encourage them to fund and support work to ensure Pando is protected for future generations.

You don't have to give you email or phone number. Ypur inbox wont explode. Just an old fashioned letter to your elected leaders.

Use the link to grab our letter template and send one today.

https://www.friendsofpando.org/lettersforpando

Write your elected officials today to help them learn about Pando and see it recognized and protected for furture generations.

08/03/2026

A friend of Pando is a friend of mine.: Some friends of Pando work quietly, serve as a root network of concern that anchors the rest— literally.

EJF Philanthropies has supported Pando's research and monitoring for years, including the soil program that tracks the health of the ground Pando's roots depend on. Not the flashiest work. Some of the most important. We are grateful for the support of EJF Philanthropies on Pando before Friends of Pando and since

To learn more about EJF and all our partners and sponors, use the link in the comments

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08/01/2026

Get to know Pando: The largest tree by weight---13.3 million pounds, all connected by a single root system. Enjoy our newly updated FAQ: First Connections to better appreciate and understand Pando

https://www.friendsofpando.org/faqs-firstconnections/

Just learning about Pando? Get authoritative and up-to-date answers on popular questions from the people who work to care for it.

07/31/2026

Our coverage of the artist in residence program closes with an introduction to 2026-207 resident, Jessica Maffia

Jessica Maffia is a multidisciplinary artist born and raised in New York City. Here work explore the natural world through repetitive, meditative processes. Her work has been exhibited throughout the US and is currently in the Flat Files of Pierogi Gallery. Among a wide body of work, she created a permanent mural installation for the National Audubon Society’s Audubon Mural Project

LEARN ABOUT JESSICA
What lessons can we learn from an elder who has adapted to live so long? Pando has survived fire, earthquake, disease, and human destruction. He has been razed and still risen. His strength, adaptability and resilience are an inspiration. I am interested in reflecting on what accounts for this resilience? A single organism with a 12,000 mile root system is in communication with countless fungi. Fundamental to his thriving must be his participation in a community. He is a massive giant who relies on healthy soil, mycorrhizal connections, all the decomposers that work to break matter down, the nematodes and protozoa who feed on them, the creatures who feed on them and so forth. During my residency, I intend to spend time being with, become acquainted with, listen deeply to and dream with Pando. I will ask Pando how best to collaborate and listen carefully for an answer through dreaming together as dreams are a wonderful way to communicate across species.

07/28/2026

Introducing 2026-2027 Artist In Residence Jes Booth:

Jes Booth is a Utah-based artist whose paper-based sculptures reflect a deep connection to the natural world, transforming ephemeral elements into enduring structures. Her work combines craft techniques and materials from nature to highlight the healing aspects of these types of practices as a way to engage with meditative rituals

LEARN ABOUT JES:
"...I started researching Pando because of my general interest in mycelium networks. The interconnected root system of Pando perfectly articulated the idea that everything on this planet is interconnected. As I researched more on Pando, I found the scale and age to be impressive, and that something that monumental was just in Utah’s backyard was difficult to comprehend. That research inspired me to visit the tree several times at different seasons to see and experience Pando fully..."