Archive for the ‘Picking Wild Huckleberries’ Category

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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Better late than never for berries

The Seattle Times
By Mark Yuasa

It’s huckleberry gathering time, and many are saying better late than never for these tasty berries that should be at their prime.

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Berry crop weeks late in ripening

Pique newsmagazine

By Michael Allen

In the Whistler area, Vaccinium berries – huckleberries and blueberries – are roughly five weeks behind, which means as we near mid-September there is no high elevation berry crop.

The highest elevation at which bears are now berry feeding (Sept. 9) is 4,200 ft, that’s usually where bears are berry feeding in late July and early August. …

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Bohemia’s beauty

The Register-Guard

It’s a super year for huckleberry picking. If you don’t yet have a secret spot to gather the blue fruit, consider a trip to Bohemia Mountain, in the old gold mining country southeast of Cottage Grove. …

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Moderate huckleberry crop could help bear hunters

The Spokesman Review

HUNTING — A poor huckleberry year generally translates into good hunting for black bears that expose themselves more as they search lower and farther for food to fatten for winter.

Jim Hayden, Idaho Fish and Game regional wildlife manager in Coeur d’Alene, recently did an informal survey of hunters asking them to evealuate the huckleberry crop. The verdict was that this year’s crop generally gets a C- grade — not great, but not terrible…

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Don’t let this happen to you:

UPDATED 3:05 PM: Missing huckleberry picker found

Lewiston Morning Tribune

The missing huckleberry picker from Clarkston was found safe and in good … April Hafer, 65, went missing Sunday while picking huckleberries with her …

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Who’s That Behind the Bush?

The berries are out. So are the bears.

By Kate Schwab, 8-22-11

As luck would have it, the huckleberries came in early this year. … who live outside Seeley Lake, a locally famous huckleberry spot close to Lincoln. …

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Writers Corner for August 12, 2011

Coeur d’Alene Press

Myron is the Huckleberry Master, and all who seek to follow him will be lost. … It took me 4 hours to pick a whopping 2 cups of huckleberries. …

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Commercial huckleberry pickers need to get permit

TheNewsTribune.com

Huckleberry harvest for personal use remains free and no permit is required. Personal use consists of three gallons of huckleberries per person per year. …

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Huckleberry hunting

Coeur d’Alene Press

“That is a great smell,” I slowly and deliberately whisper to my wife while deeply engulfing my first whiff of huckleberry as we hike to our secret huckleberry garden. I’m not sure why I whisper. As most huckleberry pickers know, the safe and sane method of huckleberry picking is to make as much noise possible to alert the potential bear searching for the same delicious berry I crave. I suppose and consciously understand that my granddaughter’s, amazed and loudly expressive of every bug, flower and scat on the trail leading to my secret huckleberry sanctuary will scare any creature from within a mile of our hike. …

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