White pines produce a large amount of cones, and that cone production can be further triggered by dry summer months during the multiyear growing cycle, the professor said. The cones being seen now ...

Because of the anticipated seed shortage that comes with a low estimate of pine cone crops for the third consecutive year, ...

Red pines have craggy, reddish bark and 4-to-6-inch needles that grow in bundles of two. Scotch and Austrian pine cones, which have some similarities, will not be accepted.

DARRINGTON, Wash. - Locals are being tapped to collect pine cones in an effort to store seeds to re-grow forests before wildfires destroy natural seed banks in the Pacific Northwest. This fall ...

• Make sure you’re picking the right species.Red pines have craggy, reddish bark and 4- to 6-inch needles that grow in pairs. Scotch and Austrian pine cones will not be accepted.

In this Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019, photo Ponderosa pine cones sit on a tree stump after being cut open during a demonstration at Bandelier National Monument near Los Alamos, N.M.

Cones must be from red pines. Red pines have craggy, reddish bark and 4- to 6-inch needles that grow in pairs. Scotch and Austrian pine cones will not be accepted.

After experimenting with your pine cones, make some cute owls. Materials: Several open pine cones, cotton balls, felt or construction paper, scissors, glue and large googly eyes.

Pine trees don't produce the same number of cones every year. In wet years, trees put more energy into growing than into reproduction, so they have fewer cones.

But more pine cones can also mean the trees are producing more reproductive seeds as a way to deal with the stress of a dry or changing climate. It's a matter of survival: The tougher, drier the ...