Western white pine, as a species, was known as king pine in the early 1900s because of its dominance on the landscape and the outsized role it played in the timber industry, writes Lewiston ...

The western white pine is an evergreen tree capable of rapid growth to great size with desirable wood properties. This pine and the similar sugar pine were once important timber trees, but logging ...

“In fact, some places they still call it Idaho white pine.” Western white pine is the state tree of Idaho. Many timber companies moved to the region harvesting white pine, he said. “There ...

The Eastern white pine (Pinus strobus ... rounded crown with short bundles of needles. Jack pine is often used for timber and sometimes landscaping. Longleaf pines (Pinus palustris) have bright ...

DULUTH, Minn., March 2.—What is said to be the most important transaction in white pine timber on record is being closed here. it involves from $6,000,000 to $8,000,000, and the largest bunch of ...

In retrospect, it is obvious that a wiser approach to harvesting the prized white pine timber, with more control, would have had an impact on Dunn County’s ability to sustain the logging of this ...