(WFRV) - As part of its reforestation program, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will pay over $100 a bushel for properly collected red pine cones and $70 for white pine cones.

A release from the Wisconsin DNR states that early September is the prime time to collect mature red and white pine cones, when the color has just turned to brown but the scales have yet to open to release the seeds.

"The state nurseries will pay collectors to bring in these cones," said Joseph Vande Hey, Wisconsin DNR reforestation team leader at the Wilson State Nursery in Boscobel. "We have a network of seed- and cone-buying stations scattered across the state."

The state nurseries will pay $125 per bushel of red pine cones and $70 per bushel of white pine cones. Officials noted that a bushel

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