Agriculture is third, and Avery County’s cash crop is the Fraser fir, often called the Cadillac ... starting with wholesale trees that get harvested in early November and loaded on trucks ...

More than anything, he was drawn to the site by the trees. “There was this beautiful thicket of balsam fir. It looked like a Christmas tree farm, so that’s where I built,” said Anderson ...

The native insect that feasts on the short-lived conifers has exploded throughout much of the state’s northeastern region at a level not seen since 1961 The eastern spruce budworm — a native ...

2007). Furthermore, climate change impacts on soil temperature, moisture availability, and weed seed emergence patterns can significantly influence the effectiveness of mulching as a weed management ...