A team of spruce cone collectors from the White River National Forest has been taking advantage of a prime window to stock up on seeds. Sent to a massive nursery in Nebraska, these seeds are intended ...

Walking the white dog along the road near home, I spotted a Norway spruce cone. The white dog, whose name is Apache (for the place she was born), sniffed and turned away. She — the dog whose favorite ...

I think everyone here in the Seacoast area has noticed the huge amount of white pine cones produced this year. Large quantities litter the ground. Red squirrel middens — piles of cones stripped of ...

On a cold winter’s day, with the sun dipping in and out of the clouds, we walked the neighborhood to admire what many people call pines, trees that are green year-round. Actually, those evergreens ...

DONNELLY — When I look from my living room window I see horses, dogs and lots of spruce trees. The trees that circle our properties near Donnelly and Paxson are primarily black spruce (picea marianna) ...

Today’s story is about something that has already happened and something that might happen. Usually I focus on one particular species, but this week I want to give you a rundown of the “Winter Finch ...