(The headline as published has been corrected in this text.) Imagine the treatment for some cancers growing in our forests. Or powerful drugs for herpes, HIV or liver disease. How about a natural ...

The Native American art of birch bark biting requires practitioners to envision a design while biting down on a folded strip of thin, pliable tree bark. Birch bark biters punch small holes in the bark ...

If Brian Garhofer has his way, Two Harbors soon could become a major player in the cosmetic, dietary supplement and pharmaceutical industries. Garhofer plans to continue an innovative process that was ...

correction A photo credit for an image in this story has been changed to John Michael Spencer. In Saskatchewan and Manitoba, just after the snow melts but before flowers start to bud, Pat Bruderer, 67 ...

It began as a joke, as many good ideas do. Build your own coffin? Hey . . . that’s a great idea! Let’s build a coffin and decorate it with birch bark and twigs. What a great tribute to our friend and ...

FAIRBANKS — The University of Alaska Fairbanks will offer a birch bark harvesting workshop from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 27 at Russian Jack Springs Park in Anchorage. The workshop will use storm-downed ...

NORTHWEST ANGLE, Minn. -- When a tribal elder on Lake of the Woods saw the birch bark canoe Talon Stammen was building, the native was quick with a quip. "You know they make those in Fiberglas now," ...

World travel for birch bark canoe Marvin DeFoe paddled his first birch bark canoe part way down the Mississippi River. He didn't make it all that far -- at 18, his urge to get going was stronger than ...

Dan Blessing and Marc VanGrinsven’s 4,000 mile journey from Lake Superior to the Pacific Ocean in a homemade birch-bark canoe. Marc and I were leading 22-day Outward Bound trips when we started ...