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 ...

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 ...

ACME, Wash. — When most of us think of maple syrup, we picture the Eastern U.S. and Canada where sugar maple trees number in the millions. But here in Washington, one man is daring to make syrup from ...

The Northwest is getting into the lucrative maple syrup industry. Farmers and researchers in Washington state are beginning to tap the sweet... Bigleaf Maple Syrup Flows As Profits Drip From ...

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 ...