Archive for the ‘Huckleberry News Stories’ Category

Fish and Game officials warn residents about bear danger

Shoshone News Press

A recent survey by Fish and Game Regional Wildlife Manager Jim Hayden found that the huckleberry crop is spotty this year. In some areas huckleberries …

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Huckleberry fields benefit from flames

The Columbian

SAWTOOTH HUCKLEBERRY FIELDS — On a blue-sky late September afternoon high in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, firefighters from the Forest Service and the Yakama Tribe waited, drip torches in hand, for the state to give the go-ahead so they could set the woods on fire.

When the green light came, they marched into a thinned mixed-conifer stand bordering the road, spaced themselves along the boundaries of a 20-acre plot, and began igniting huckleberry bushes and low-lying shrubs and grasses. …

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On the Pacific Crest Trail, tribes restore the trail and find a …

OregonLive.com

But last week they broke from the trail work to mind the huckleberries on 70 … removing huckleberry plants, which tribes consider a sacred “first food. …

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Bear escapes Oakridge snare

The Register-Guard

… Himalayan blackberry in lower elevations to huckleberries in higher elevations. “Bears will move miles to get to good huckleberry patches,” he said. …

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Bringing the wild into your kitchen with Pat Wells

BCLocalNews

The other morning I topped my bowl of cereal with the most flavourful, and probably the healthiest array of wild foods there are: wild berries. Harvested from Revelstoke’s backyard, I have been feasting on strawberries, black and red raspberries, blueberries, Saskatoon berries, and huckleberries.

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“Blue Honey”- NC Mysterious Treat For 100 Years

WITN

Each year, several lucky beekeepers in an approximately 50 mile radius of Fayetteville find something special in their bee hives – blue honey. How the honey is made is still a mystery, but those who find it are usually buzzing with excitement.

Some beekeepers believe the berries from huckleberry plants are what make the honey blue.” “I’m just located next to swamp where galberries and huckleberries are located, where other people are not. I think that’s the predominate factor,” said Trivette …

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Huckleberry heaven again

BCLocalNews

There are huckleberries this year. I’m not telling you where because my picking friends would have my hide. Suffice to say there are lots and they’re big.

This year my first picking was with my huckleberry friends Linda and Cathy…

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I always used to get confused when it came to huckleberries vs blueberries. I thought they were the same, just known by different names in different places. But you know what, there are a lot differences between both of them. Though these differences are very minor, there are few people who can tell you which one is the huckleberry and which is the blueberry. After taking help from various sources I have found out some of the differences between blueberries and huckleberries which I am going to share with you in this Buzzle article. So, just read the paragraphs ahead and get some enriching information. …. READ MORE

Play safe in bear country

The Nelson Post
… to eat the huckleberries and a grizzly on rises her hind legs far up the path. … These areas are not parks and it is up to you to avoid huckleberry

Counting on fake snake to save huckleberries

Bastrop Daily Enterprise
They were huckleberries just like the ones my mom used to pick and make the absolute best cobblers I ever tasted. I declare those huckleberry cobblers are …