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In Minnesota’s Arrowhead, balsam firs ravaged by an especially bad spruce budworm outbreak ramp up fire fears
Fire fears grow as insect that feasts on the conifers has exploded in the northeastern part of the state at a level not seen ...
Consider conifer trees for shelterbelts
Ag News Wire By Gary Wyatt, an agroforestry educator University of Minnesota Extension Conifers are planted as shelterbelts, windbreaks, living snow fences and winter wildlife thermal cover on ...
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How to get paid collecting conifer cones in northern MN
(FOX 9) - Collecting certain conifer cones in Minnesota could make you some money this winter. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources State Forest Nursery is offering $100 for a bushel of ...
Don’t prune those red needles until late spring
Conifers growing in Minnesota have had a long, hard winter with plenty of opportunities for winter injury, according to the Department of Natural Resources. By now, many people have noticed ...
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Where squirrels collide: Are Minnesota’s southern flying squirrels overtaking their northern cousins?
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 ...