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.

Though some tribes historically used parts of the bigleaf maple trees for medicinal purposes, it is only in the past few years that the area’s residents have begun tapping the trees for sap. Eliza ...

Calling on her New England roots, she tapped 12 Oregon big leaf maple trees. ... That simple idea has grown to become an educational nonprofit called the Oregon Maple Project.

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.

Situated less than 10 minutes from downtown, in the Northwest District, the arboretum is part of Washington Park. It's enchantingly referred to as a "living museum" due to the arboretum's ...