1.   All these would work quite well nestled among your pinecones and birch bark.

2.   Curls of birch bark rustled in the breeze, bringing with it a scent of balsam, spruce, and fir.

3.   However, the lobby, which features lots of birch bark, was designed to resemble a longhouse, Brown said.

4.   Pinecones, grapevines, twisted bare branches, evergreen clippings, wild rose hips, birch bark and seedpods can all be turned into interesting creations.

5.   The clear sap flows into buckets made from folded birch bark.

6.   The birch bark is peeled before the sap rises, Gaydos said, so that he does not kill the tree.

7.   Water is poured from a white ceramic cone, and bread is served in a cylindrical stone container carved to resemble a curled strip of birch bark.

8.   A substance found in birch bark shrank some human melanoma tumors placed in mice and virtually eliminated others, a new study has found.

9.   A substance found in birch bark shrank human melanoma tumors placed in mice, virtually eradicating some cancers, researcher John Pezzuto said.

10.   He cautioned that nobody knows yet whether the substance will help melanoma patients, and said people should not try to concoct home remedies out of birch bark.