Aug. 1—Debbie Thompson and Carolyn Rust were dressed like huckleberry picking veterans. They wore hats and sunglasses and had plastic pails dangling from strings looped around their necks. Ideally, ...

Citing sustainability concerns, enforcement challenges and escalating conflicts among harvesters, Gifford Pinchot National Forest will not issue commercial huckleberry harvest permits this season. The ...

Picking huckleberries with the intent to sell them is considered commercial gathering, which is illegal on the Idaho Panhandle National Forests, officials say. “In order to provide plentiful ...

BONNERS FERRY, Idaho (KIFI) — Authorities in North Idaho seized over 100 gallons of Huckleberries from a group in Boundary County suspected of commercial harvesting, a practice prohibited within the ...

IDAHO FALLS — From Island Park to Montpelier and many spots in between, huckleberry season is in full swing in East Idaho and foragers say this year’s crop is one of the best they’ve ever seen.

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 ...

She'd like to have designated huckleberry bushes near trails in Glacier – aside from the one near her office, her sites are more difficult to get to – that citizen scientists can help monitor. And ...