Aurora, Minn. – A 40-year-old Aurora man has been charged with stealing more than $3,400 worth of birch trees off state and county land near the Iron Range. A criminal complaint has been filed in St.

In a case connected to the decorative knick-knack market, a Minnesota man has been charged with stealing more than $3,400 worth of birch trees off public land near the Iron Range. A criminal complaint ...

DULUTH, Minn. — Law enforcement officials in northern Wisconsin and northern Minnesota say there’s been a recent rash of illegal cutting of small birch trees that are smuggled out and sold as ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Seeing a stand of beautiful birch trees in the Cloquet State Forest is worth the drive up north. "To grow a tree that's say 3-inches in diameter might take 8-12 years," says Doug ...