Female (left) and male spruce cones at the Arnold Arboretum. It's a more common sight to see separate male and female cones like this. (Courtesy William "Ned" Friedman) Every spring the conifer trees ...

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 ...

Wow, am I ever getting complaints about all those spruce cones. There seems to be an unbelievable bumper crop of cones both in trees and on lawns this spring. Their abundance has been quite a topic of ...

Seasonal workers climb tree after tree to collect seeds that will eventually help regrow forests, an effort that could get the country closer to its climate goals WHY WE’RE HERE We’re exploring how ...

Residents and visitors who’d like to help grow Minnesota forests can start this winter by collecting black spruce cones and donating them to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources State Forest ...

The state's black spruce seed cupboard is bare. So the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is paying people $85 a bushel — up from $70 last year — for the cones to meet spring orders for ...

Q: We had 17 spruce transplanted a few years ago into our new lot. They are about 10 feet tall. What do all the pine cones mean? - Pamela Sweeney, Abercrombie, N.D. A: Transplanting trees that are ...