Amid the economic challenges, some timber owners in these communities turn to a copper-colored side hustle: pine straw. The woody needles can be raked annually, offering earlier, more consistent ...

or Norway pine, when deprived of its sapwood, is found to be a firstclass material for top timbers, beams, deck planks, bulwarks, and ceiling; it affords excellent timber for masts, when large ...

including scotch pine, black locust honeysuckle and autumn olive," explained Michael Aksamit with the DNR. "The purpose of ...

The Finnish prefab builder uses locally sourced spruce and pine, touting them for their performance in a range of climates.

Methuselah is a bristlecone pine, and the world's oldest living thing. His growth rings document nearly 47 centuries of survival. Bristlecones grow so slowly that a century of tree rings adds less ...

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd., a diversified wood products ... and other residuals and renewable energy. It offers spruce-pine-fir, douglas fir-larch, hem-fir, and southern yellow pine lumber ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is purchasing black spruce pine cones at a rate of $200 per bushel and jack pine cones for $60 per bushel. "The DNR's seed shelves are bare, and over the ...

Pine producers looking to diversify their streams of revenue have a "gimme": the dead needles that cover the forest floor.

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd., a diversified wood products ... and other residuals and renewable energy. It offers spruce-pine-fir, douglas fir-larch, hem-fir, and southern yellow pine lumber ...