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 ...

Washington State University researchers are setting their sights on domesticating the wild huckleberry, a goal that has eluded plant scientists for decades. Huckleberries are notoriously fickle plants ...

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 ...

As late summer officially arrives in the US, many folks in the Northwest are heading to higher elevations on the hunt for a patch of sweet, purple huckleberries. Cousins of both the cranberry and ...

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 ...

The rains of June made this year's huckleberry harvest something to look forward to. I have been inspecting the berry bushes on my two acres, and as usual, some plants have berries and some do not. I ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Huckleberries are shrubs in the heath family, and are closely related to blueberries and cranberries. There are two main types of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You might be more likely to spot Sasquatch in the lowlands of the Pacific Northwest than a wild huckleberry picker. The once ...

Huckleberries have a unique flavor and play a unique role in mountainous forest landscapes. The International Wild Huckleberry Association is for sale. The husband-and-wife team of Mal and Sandy Dell ...