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 ...

PLAINFIELD — Trees surround Jennifer Lee's rustic home, but harvesting their bark for the baskets populating her shelves isn't an on-demand activity. "There's a season to taking the bark off a tree," ...

Students in the land-based learning course at Lakehead University learn how to make birchbark baskets and wild rice knockers during their weekend of harvesting wild rice.

When Charlie Mayo has worries or problems, he makes a basket. "It's a very calming thing," he said. "And when I finish it, what I was concerned about doesn't seem that big anymore. In a way it's kind ...

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 ...

Mid-winter is my favorite time to harvest birch for sweet-flavored food and warming beverages. Birch trees are easy to identify in winter thanks to their distinctive bark. The bark is an eye-catching ...

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