We hear lots about how important huckleberries are to the Native Americans, commercial pickers and gourmet food producers, but we seldom think about how huckleberries are important to animals living in the forest. Last year, we shared a couple posts about the huckleberry research Tabitha Graves was conducting. Huckleberry Forecast in Montana More on Tabitha […]
Now that huckleberry season is winding down, we are featuring some really interested recipes that you can make using your huckleberries. Of course, huckleberry pie and muffins are some of our readers’ favorites, but have you every tried making yogurt pops with huckleberries? Here is a recipe I found the State Eats website (Montana recipe, […]
Huckleberries are an important source of food for bears, so if you are out picking, make sure to watch! Here is a recent story published in the Spokesman Review Outdoors Blog by Rich Landers … Berry picker suffers bites after surprising grizzly A park employee, while off duty picking huckleberries in the Swiftcurrent valley, surprised […]
Domesticating wild huckleberries is a project that several different agencies have researched over the years. Dr. Dan Barney,who has been a friend of this organization since its inception, has several articles on his findings while working at the University of Idaho’s Sandpoint Research center (which was closed in 2010). Nathan Tarlyn, a research assistant at […]
I have heard wild huckleberries called lot of things, but ‘crack cocaine of the Rockies’ was a new one on me. Seabury Blair Jr. wrote a very interesting perspective on huckleberry pickers for the Kitsap Sun. Here are some excerpts form his article: Berry picking like a drug at Mount Rainier B.B. Hardbody, my infinitely […]
Remember when I told you that Jay, Oklahoma considered itself the Huckleberry Capital of the World? Well agree or disagree, but they have posts some delicious huckleberry recipes in the aftermath of the huckleberry festival earlier this summer. Check out the following recipes published on the Grand Lakes News website: Huckleberry Buckle Huckleberry Fritters Huckleberry […]
So many huckleberry stories in the news …. mostly due to the more abundant crop this year. So many stories, that I think I am going to list several of them here for you to check out: Berry picking with Huckleberry Hound By JERRY PAINTER from Post Register Saturday, my wife, dog and I drove […]
Everyone has their own huckleberry picking tips or techniques we use when picking berries, but I think we can all agree on the following: There are many tips and tricks to the art of huckleberry picking, but only one rule: never, ever reveal the location of your personal huckleberry heaven. The ‘tip’ above appeared an […]
Last year experienced one of the biggest fire seasons in the Pacific Northwest — including the burning of several acres of huckleberry habitat. Restoring huckleberries after fires is a concern of every huckleberry picker. Historically, Native Americans burned huckleberry fields to improve the health of the huckleberry patches. The Gifford Pinchot National Forest Huckleberry webpage […]
If you’ve been out picking huckleberries this season and you found your purple treasure, you might want to make these delicious huckleberry bars. From the Missoulian site: GREG PATENT: Celebrating Montana’s huckleberry bounty Save Save Save Save
