The native insect that feasts on the short-lived conifers has exploded throughout much of the state’s northeastern region at a level not seen since 1961 The eastern spruce budworm — a native ...

However, with increasing elevation, balsam fir tends to dominate. Near timberline, black spruce joins with balsam in a dwarfed and contorted forest know as the “Krummholz.” Paper birch, yellow birch, ...

The DNR says this poses a threat to both forest and landscape hemlocks. The balsam woolly adelgid is also an insect and attacks true fir trees. Balsam and Fraser firs in Wisconsin are particularly ...

MacDonald M.T. and Rajasekaran L.R. 2018. Seasonal changes in soil and tissue nutrition in balsam fir and influence on postharvest needle abscission. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 33; ...

The work was made possible through the Arrowhead Forest Partnership, an agreement between the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service and five northeastern Minnesota ...

The native insect that feasts on the short-lived conifers has exploded throughout much of the state’s northeastern region at ...

After the old growth was cut, whitetail deer, which favor a younger forest, moved into the Arrowhead. Deer don’t eat balsam fir but they feast upon white pine, white cedar, and other desirable ...