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, […]
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. … …READ FULL STORY
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 […]
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 … … READ FULL STORY
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. … … READ FULL STORY
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. … … READ FULL STORY
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. … … READ FULL STORY
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 […]
Blueberries …… or Huckleberries? | learningandyearning Of course, we always called them huckleberries. To us, a wild berry was a huckleberry, and a cultured berry was a blueberry. Over the years, I’ve realized … Huckleberry Buckle Beat 1 cup of sugar, 1/2 cup of butter and 2 eggs. Stir in 1 cup of milk, 4 […]
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. … …READ FULL STORY
