This story was originally published in March 2020. Tapping maple trees in the first step in the process of making maple syrup. Tapping has to happen at that just-right Goldilocks time between winter ...

Residents of a seaside town could have been forgiven for thinking they were dreaming when they woke to the spectacle of a 21 foot high tree being lifted over a neighbouring roof on Tuesday (March 10).

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. The sugar maple (Acer saccharum) can be considered the star of eastern North ...