Maple sugar season is underway in northern Ohio and the future of the sugar maple (acer saccharum) may be in question. Forest or sugar bush maple trees are the source of maple sugar sap used to ...

A beloved sugar maple slowly succumbed to disease. Today, it lives on in a new form. A beloved sugar maple slowly succumbed to disease. Today, it lives on in a new form. Corey Snyder, a wood turner in ...

Maple syrup harvests take place in the late winter and early spring, yet Americans seem to only care about maple treats during fall. Maybe it’s because of the flavor, which plays well with hot drinks ...

LAPEER COUNTY, MI – This giant sugar maple tree stands in the middle of farming fields. It could be a new Michigan champion. Once struck by lightning, the tree continues to thrive, providing shade and ...

HAMLIN TOWNSHIP, MI – Sugar maple. Red maple. Silver maple. What’s the difference? Those three maple species are part of the “tree identification pathway” at Ludington State Park, near Ludington. This ...

Winter's freakish warmth made for a somewhat skimpy maple sugar season, but it still produced mysteries. One sugar maple tree at Bendix Woods County Park in New Carlisle gave zero sap to boil into ...