The state's black spruce seed cupboard is bare. So the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is paying people $85 a bushel — up from $70 last year — for the cones to meet spring orders for ...

MINNESOTA (Valley News Live) - Minnesota’s State Forest Nursery is looking for people to collect black spruce cones this winter, and they will even pay you for them. The seeds found inside the cones ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - Got a lot of black spruce pine cones lying around the yard or nearby woods? The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will pay you for collecting them. The DNR says that the ...

Residents and visitors who’d like to help grow Minnesota forests can start this winter by collecting black spruce cones and donating them to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources State Forest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mar. 8—BEMIDJI — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is purchasing black spruce pine cones at a rate of $200 per bushel ...

The severe drought of 2021, a late-spring freeze and fewer people heading into the woods to pick pine cones in recent years all have combined to create a seed shortage for Minnesota’s state forest ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is proving that the phrase "money doesn't grow on trees" is not necessarily true. According to the DNR officials, they are looking to ...

Do you want to earn some extra cash while helping Minnesota thrive? How about $200 for a bushel of black spruce cones? Believe it or not, it’s real and the DNR is asking for your help. Sarah Ebert the ...

The DNR needs hundreds of bushels of black spruce cones within the next few weeks and continuing through February. The price this year is $85 per bushel. With some help from the public, a strong crop ...

The Superior National Forest is again buying jack pine cones from the public and this year is asking for black spruce cones as well. Cones, used for seed in reforestation efforts, will be accepted ...