White pine trees were a valuable resource for English colonists, used for building houses and ships. The King of England attempted to control the white pine trade, reserving the tallest trees for the ...

Given the species’ rarity, officials collect and nurture the seedlings that emerge at the depot Thalayolaparambu: Forest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GRAYLING, MI - The largest stand of old growth pine trees remaining in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula is the result of a recession.

DONE TO PROTECT THESE FORESTS. WHITEBARK PINE FORESTS COVER MORE THAN 80 MILLION ACRES ACROSS WESTERN NORTH AMERICA. THESE TREES PROVIDE FOOD AND SHELTER FOR ANIMALS AND HELP TO CONTROL SPRING RUNOFF.

MY YARD IS FULL of eastern white pine trees, and every three years or so, it is full of pine cones. This is one of those years. Pine cones have fallen all over the yard, the sidewalk, the driveway.

Opinion editor’s note: Strib Voices publishes a mix of commentary online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. Minnesota’s official state tree might be the red pine, but you should really ...

It starts with the cones. They’re usually gathered in the wild, from whitebark pine trees several thousand feet above sea level somewhere in the West. The cones get shipped to the U.S. Forest ...

When Sam Hitt first saw his favorite white pine in the Santa Fe National Forest about a decade ago, he stopped dead in his tracks. He continued a bit down the trail, then returned. At the time, he ...