Is it legal to pick up pine cones in a forest? It is illegal in a National Forest (Yosemite for example). Your neighbor’s forest? Best ask. Do not take hanging cones. Some cones are so hard they ...

Fewer surviving trees means fewer pine cones for humans to pick and plant. That's what happened in the Fremont-Winema National Forest during the Barry Point Fire in 2012, Kittler said.

Fewer surviving trees means fewer pine cones for humans to pick and plant. That's what happened in the Fremont-Winema National Forest during the Barry Point Fire in 2012, Kittler said.