SANDPOINT, Idaho — They call it purple gold, and people will lug heavy buckets and compete with bears to get some. Huckleberries only grow in the wild, and picking them has long fueled an underground ...

What: Vaccinium ovatum, or evergreen huckleberry, is one of the most versatile and underused native plants of the Pacific Northwest. It provides a regional feel to our gardens and helps define the ...

Huckleberries in the Cascade Range. MOSCOW, Idaho — Huckleberry seedlings always sell out whenever the University of Idaho’s Pitkin Forest Nursery has them for sale. “Demand for huckleberry seedlings ...

Several varieties of huckleberries grow in the Northwest. WSU researchers are working to domesticate Vaccinium membranaceum, also known as mountain huckleberry. Washington State University researchers ...

Q: Will evergreen huckleberry grow in central Maryland? Is it as picky as blueberry in terms of needing special soil ...

SANDPOINT, Idaho (AP) They call it purple gold, and people will lug heavy buckets and compete with bears to get some. Huckleberries only grow in the wild, and picking them has long fueled an ...

As we head into fall, we start to hear all about pumpkin spice in everything from candles to cupcakes to milkshakes. But let’s not get too far ahead of ourselves, because in Idaho it’s still ...

The huckleberry bush, the most revered shrub in the Inland Northwest, is getting less respect as berry pickers succumb to greed. Practices are getting so bad, the Forest Service has issued a media ...

A huckleberry controversy is trending on Facebook Monday after someone spotted a picker using a huckleberry rake, and called them out for damaging the plants. Huckleberry rakes look like buckets with ...

MOSCOW, Idaho — Huckleberry seedlings always sell out whenever the University of Idaho’s Pitkin Forest Nursery has them for sale. “Demand for huckleberry seedlings is skyrocketing,” nursery director ...

Ranger Nancy Ryke of the Mount Adams Ranger District shows some wild huckleberries near the Mowich Huckleberry Enhancement Project area on the south side of Mowich Butte in the Gifford Pinchot ...