Fire fears grow as insect that feasts on the conifers has exploded in the northeastern part of the state at a level not seen ...
Koochiching County was recently recognized for its 25 years of participation in the Minnesota Tree Improvement Cooperative.
Flavored with spruce tips, juniper and cardamom, it’s a crowd-pleasing NA beverage that’s selling out all over the state.
The gardening season never ends. We already are beginning to miss the fresh ripened tomatoes, local roadside stands offering sweet corn and the fresh-cut flowers to fill our vases. Colors in the ...
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is buying black spruce and jack pine cones at $100 and $30 per bushel, respectively. Cones must be ripe, closed, and clean . Black spruce ...
Spruce budworm is native to Minnesota, where 100-plus years of fire suppression allowed dense stands of balsam fir to flourish. Despite its name, spruce budworm prefers balsam fir. Outbreaks kill ...
MINNESOTA, USA — "Imagine now, a clear summer evening in the north woods. Above you, the bands of the Milky Way framed by the dark spindly boughs of spruce and fir. And cutting though the ...
Minnesota has two species of the little aerialists ... Its northern counterpart nests and lives among conifers like spruce, pine and fir. Both species overlap in habitat, such as in the mixed ...