Forests are a crucial resource for carbon mitigation, currently offsetting around 20% of North American carbon emissions. As ...

Q: I’d like to plant a tree this fall in an area that was formerly a gravel driveway. The gravel goes down about 8 inches. The clay-ey soil beneath it doesn’t seem terribly compacted.

Trees must reach a certain size before they are ready to tap, no smaller than 10-12 inches in diameter at chest height. Syrup makers usually use one tap for trees 12 to 18 inches in diameter, two ...

ROSEVILLE, Minn. — Songs of spring differ by region, but in Amy Perkins' neighborhood, the music of tree sap hitting metal buckets fills the air. "My first year I collected 115 gallons of sap ...

Our maple, no record-holder, is smaller, about 90 feet tall with a 70-foot canopy, but still of a size one doesn’t see every day. I can stand underneath the tree in the rain and barely get wet.

Maple syrup season is highly dependent on the weather and this winter is providing a head start.There is only a 4-to-6 ... There is only a 4-to-6-week window that tapping can happen on maple trees.