Bigleaf maple trees (Acer macrophyllum) are not maples for small yards. These deciduous trees can grow to over 100 feet (30 m) tall with a similar spread. But anyone with a large property might ...

In a forest north of Olympia, blue tubing is tautly strung between bigleaf maples. Inside, ribbons of liquid slowly snake their way downhill. It’s a brisk late January day. The tree tops sway wildly ...

By Peter Albert In 2017, the Times-Standard published my article about producing syrup from Humboldt County bigleaf maples. I ...

This grove of towering bigleaf maples along Woodward Bay Road NE, north of Olympia, is mostly healthy. Craig Sailor [email protected] The decline of bigleaf maple trees in Washington has been ...

SHERIDAN, Ore. — Nothing much was ever expected from the bigleaf maple trees that dominate about 10 acres of Dan Caldwell’s property near Sheridan, Ore. Aside from diversifying his forestland, he ...

Climate change is the culprit behind the increasing deaths of bigleaf maples in Washington and across the Pacific Northwest. That’s the conclusion of University of Washington researchers and ...

The emergence this spring of a powdery, white film covering the leaves of bigleaf maple trees was a puzzling sight for Keyport resident Joy Rosenblum. "At first, I thought it was ash, as it was near ...

CONCRETE, Wash. – While some companies look ahead only as far as the next quarterly financial statement, Pacific Rim Tonewoods has embarked on a business plan involving figured maple wood that won’t ...

If you grew up in the Pacific Northwest, you might remember one of the first trees we learned to identify was bigleaf maple. The name of the tree is apt — the leaves are indeed big, palmate-shaped, ...

From late November to early March, Ella Smoot can usually be found in one of two places: the forest or the sugar shack. Like all maple syrup producers, her winter is a rush of running sap—cold ...