In the late winter months, when nighttime and daytime temperatures oscillate from deep-freezing to above-freezing, an imperceptible shift begins to take place in the trees around us. This huge ...

In North America, the maple species are divided into two groups: soft maple (which includes red maple, Acer rubrum, silver maple, A. saccharinum, and bigleaf maple, A. macrophyllum) and hard maple ...

AMOR, Minn. — Hundreds of gallons of maple tree sap sat chilling in 55-gallon barrels at Lindentree Farm on Saturday, March 22, near Amor. With temperatures dipping to 11 degrees early that morning, ...

This wood comes from a maple tree that stood for over 500 years. Long before power tools, modern buildings, or electricity, this tree was already growing. Turning it required a different mindset.

Fierce winds have battered our trees this year. Walk through any forest now and you can’t miss the damage. Except after a hurricane or tornado, we’ve never seen more of them on the ground. What do we ...

Moorhead - The box elder may be the Rodney Dangerfield of the tree world. Dismissed for its irregular form, weak wood and association with box elder bugs, the lowly tree gets no respect. But the ...

Oregon hasn’t traditionally made a lot of maple syrup, largely because there’s more money in Douglas fir trees than maple trees. Doug firs produce straight logs that are good for construction. Maples, ...

See photos of the family-oriented program Magical Maple Trees, focused on teaching the origins of maple syrup, at Piney Run Park Nature Center on Wednesday, Feb. 24. Five-year-old twin siblings Brenna ...