Bigleaf maple sap runs especially heavy when there's a freezing night, followed by a thaw in the daytime. Raw sap only lasts a few days in storage before it will spoil, ...

Fall and beer are perfect pairs, and while I love pumpkin beers, and coffee beers, and spiced beers, Anchor Steam's BigLeaf Maple Autumn Red was my first time sampling a maple beer. It's a ...

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 ...

The bigleaf maple, native to the Pacific Northwest’s forests, has experienced a decline since 2011. The decline could be caused by climate change and urbanization ...

It takes about 60 gallons of this sap to make 1 gallon of big-leaf maple syrup (slightly more than if you were tapping sugar maples). When finished, syrup has to hover at about 66 percent sugar—at a ...

Bigleaf maple trees are tapped for maple syrup in December 2020 as part of a regional project to explore possible commercial production. Washington State University Extension hosted a webinar Jan. 12.

It will cost the state of Washington $14,700 to remove a huge big leaf maple tree from the Capitol Campus on Friday, Sept. 22.

The bigleaf maple, with its broad-shading canopy, is often eradicated so more Douglas fir will grow. If the maple isn't eradicated, it's often cut and sent to mills for lower-value pulp.

The Northwest is getting into the lucrative maple syrup industry. Farmers and researchers in Washington state are beginning to tap the sweet potential of the much-maligned bigleaf maple tree.

The bigleaf maple, with its broad-shading canopy, is often eradicated so more Douglas fir will grow. If the maple isn't eradicated, it's often cut and sent to mills for lower-value pulp.

The Northwest is getting into the lucrative maple syrup industry. Farmers and researchers in Washington state are beginning to tap the sweet potential of the much-maligned bigleaf maple tree.

The Northwest is getting into the lucrative maple syrup industry. Farmers and researchers in Washington state are beginning to tap the sweet potential of the much-maligned bigleaf maple tree.