A social history of wild huckleberry harvesting in the Pacific Northwest
By: Rebecca T. Richards and Susan J. Alexander.
Contributors: Alexander, Susan, 1956-; Pacific Northwest Research Station (Portland, Or.)
Series: General technical report PNW -- GTR-657.; General technical report PNW -- 657.
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Portland, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 113
Subjects: Huckleberries -- Harvesting -- Northwest, Pacific -- History.; Vaccinium -- Harvesting -- Northwest, Pacific -- History.
Description: Once gathered only for subsistence and cultural purposes, wild huckleberries are now also harvested commercially. Drawing on archival research as well as harvester and producer interview and survey data, an inventory of North American wild huckleberry plant genera is presented, and the wild huckleberry harvesting patterns of early Native Americans and nonindigenous settlers are described. The social, technological, and environmental changes that gave rise to the commercial industry in the Pacific Northwest by the 1920s and the industry's demise after World War II are explained. The resurgence of the commercial wild huckleberry industry in the mid-1980s and national forest management issues related to the industry are presented as are possible strategies that land managers could develop to ensure wild huckleberry, wildlife, and cultural sustainability.
Notes: Cover title.

"February 2006."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 94-99).

Also available electronically via World Wide Web in PDF format.
Table of contents: title: What are wild huckleberries?; title: Early American wild huckleberry gathering; title: The rise of the wild huckleberry commercial industry; title: The Great Depression and the commercial wild huckleberry industry; title: World War II and the commercial wild huckleberry industry decline; title: Regional rebound and commercial wild huckleberry industry change; title: Technology and commercial wild huckleberry industry change; title: National forest management issues and the commercial wild huckleberry industry.