Step up your wilderness survival game by learning how to use the resources around you, such as abundant pine trees.

Despite being over-logged, the eastern white pine has bounced back in population and continues to stand as a pillar of New England forests. Leaves – 3-5” long, straight, 5 needles per fascicle. Twigs ...

Pine trees, as with any typical conifer, keep their needles all year. Deciduous trees, such as maple, birch, or hickory, drop their leaves as the days grow colder. This is a mechanism used to ...

Chad Pierskalla, professor of recreation, parks and tourism resources at West Virginia University, discovered that shopping ...

White pine trees were a valuable resource for English colonists, used for building houses and ships. The King of England attempted to control the white pine trade, reserving the tallest trees for ...

Eastern white pine trees are tall with soft wood. They're also commonly used for lumber production. Pitch pine is adapted to grow in poor soils. You'll find it in sandy areas of the state.

Finding the perfect Christmas tree can be a long journey: from picking a real or artificial one and decorating it with candy ...

Evergreen and softwood, pine trees are some of the fastest growing trees. The eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) is rumored to gain up to 5 feet in a year, but most other pines average around 2 to ...

Spruces do not retain their needles for long, the needles are quite sharp, and the needles are not aromatic like those of ...