Forest Service Savannah River employees held their annual longleaf pine cone collection event at the Savannah River Site recently, gathering approximately 700 bushels of pine cones. These cones will ...

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - The Wisconsin DNR is requesting the public’s help in collecting red and white pine cones for its reforestation program. “The state nurseries will pay collectors to bring in these ...

The pine cone was so huge that as I passed a garage sale near home, I could see it from the road. And I knew I had to have it. Best of all, this wasn’t really a sale, rather a large pile of items no ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — For the entire month of September, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is offering you a way to help the environment and add some cash to your wallet. All you have to do ...

ALONG THE BURNT MESA TRAIL, N.M. (AP) — With snow ready to fall, the scramble was on to collect as many ponderosa pine cones as possible. A crew outfitted with spurs, ropes and hard hats scaled hefty ...

"We're looking for the ripe cones on the top of the tree," said Brian Kittler, chief program officer for the Resilient Forests program at the nonprofit conservation group American Forests. Using lift ...

As you admire your holiday decorations, pause to examine a pine cone (or a spruce cone or a fir cone). What is this dry, brown thing in your hand, with its airy rows of scales? Think of it as ...

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is going to pay you to collect red pine cones this fall. According to a DNR news release, the red pine seed collection will go toward the DNR's ...