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 […]
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 […]
On the heals of the story of Joe Culbreth’s success in growing huckleberry plants, Saveur Magazine published the following article, on the future of wild huckleberries, noting our organization and website: These Beloved Wild Berries Are in Danger From Habitat Destruction–But They Refuse to Be Tamed Every year, huckleberry obsessives eagerly await the start of […]
If you did not already see the article, Malcolm, from the International Wild Huckleberry Association, was interviewed by Cara Giaimo for a recent article on the Atlas Obsura website: Will We Ever Tame The Wild Huckleberry? …The Pacific Northwest takes huckleberries very, very seriously. Starting in July, droves of huckleberry hounds fall on state parks […]
As you know, we have tons of information about huckleberries on this site — especially about the huckleberries grown in the Rocky Mountain and Pacific Northwest region. But we may not have EVERYTHING you want to know about huckleberries! But, believe it or not, there is some interesting information about huckleberry on Wikipedia Following is […]
A reader recently posted the following question on our website concerning mummified huckleberries: … We have many red huckleberry and evergreen huckleberry bushes in our woods (in Washington). I have noticed mummies in the e.h. plants–a local blueberry farmer expressed surprise that mummification had migrated to the wild. Do you know if that is common, […]
Following is the third in a three part article on Huckleberries and Fire by Malcolm Dell aka Mr. Huckleberry Landscape activities that affect the development of huckleberry patches: 1) Fire suppression activities led to a decline in huckleberry patches across North America in the past century, by disrupting the natural fire frequency, and creating denser […]
Following is the second in a three part article on Huckleberries and Fire by Malcolm Dell aka Mr. Huckleberry Smokey the Bear has probably destroyed more huckleberry habitat than any other single factor. He is an icon for fire suppression programs in US forests, triggered by large fires in the early 1900s. (I am not […]
Following is the first in a three part article on Huckleberries and Fire by Malcolm Dell aka Mr. Huckleberry Wild huckleberries of the genus Vaccinium – common to the western US and parts of Europe – are rhizomatous, forming colonies of bushes that are really just one plant. A seed sprouts, and then the roots […]
Tabitha Graves research on huckleberries in West Glacier has reveals some interesting facts: Of Bears and Berries Glacier Park researcher hopeful that huckleberry-monitoring project will help predict bear activity WEST GLACIER – For Tabitha Graves, the ability to presage a bumper crop of huckleberries – or, conversely, a dearth of the delicious fruit – carries […]
