The young jack and red pine forests benefit a wide range of species. The sandy soil we hiked over was pocked with tracks of white-tailed deer, coyote and American badgers. Karner blue butterflies ...

The beers span a good range, are easy-drinking ... First – why the name Jack Pine? That has a unique story behind it! First off, it's an underappreciated tree, kinda scraggily looking, so ...

Needles on a jack pine branch are browned and curled after the tree was infested with budworm. (Left); A group of jack pine trees that have been infested with jack pine budworm show browned ...

Some Michiganders may be noticing a strange phenomenon occurring amongst jack pine trees: the needles of the trees browning and curling, causing the pines to appear barren and dead. Here's what's ...