By using the fatwood section of a pine tree, the area of wood that contains resin, you will access highly flammable material. This is a near-perfect method for fire starting. To use this material ...

If you were to slice into one of those logs, you’d see a lovely blue stain seeping through the yellow wood. It’s a telltale sign of a tree that was killed by mountain pine beetles, and it has ...

Longleaf pine was the dominant tree species in the Southeast when Europeans arrived in the New World. Its range covered more than 90 million acres from Virginia to Florida and then west to Texas.