For the Nov 2009 MNNPS program, Norm Aaseng provided a detailed and insightful program on the wetland ecology for black spruce and the regulated harvesting of the tree tips as a forest product promoted by the Minnesota Forest Resources Council http://www.frc.state.mn.us/.
Conversations on conservation can be had with the forest resources council or other industry stakeholders, including:
Bachman’s http://www.bachmans.com/tipsheets/Christmas/SpruceTreeTops.cfm
Linder’s http://linders.com/whats-happening/time-to-spruce-up-those-pots/
Please comment on this posting with any insightful conversations on conservation you may have with stakeholders on this important subject.