1.   Crossing into a balsam forest, we take trails and dirt roads to the home of a blueberry farmer, where the owner has lunch waiting.

2.   Even in the best of years, small blueberry farmers rarely survive on that crop alone.

3.   John DeCourdreaux, a blueberry farmer from South Haven, Mich., said he, too, was not satisfied with the settlement.

4.   Other blueberry farmers cater more to the pick-your-own market.

5.   The blueberry farmers were sassy enough four years ago to try to win a statewide property tax exemption from voters.

6.   Blueberry farmers also fear the endangered species designation could lead to new limits on water withdrawals and pesticides.

7.   Blueberry farmers fear the endangered species designation could lead to new limits on water withdrawals and pesticides.

8.   Nobody knew why, until they discovered a nearby blueberry farmer who sprayed his fields with pesticides, then washed his trucks in the bay.