Washington Bigleaf Maple Syrup Network
Connect with other bigleaf maple syrup enthusiasts
WSU Extension Forestry provides this email discussion list to connect people across Washington who are tapping or thinking about tapping their bigleaf maple trees for syrup and other products. This is an opportunity for people to share ideas and techniques, ask and answer questions, see where sap is currently flowing, and discuss other things related to producing bigleaf maple syrup. There is a lot of collective experience out there to tap into (we can not confirm nor deny if that pun was intended).
Anyone can subscribe to the list, and subscribers can easily unsubscribe at any time.
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Events
[No maple sugaring events at this time]
Events are updated monthly. If you have a maple syrup related event you would like to see listed, please contact Patrick Shults at patrick.shults@wsu.edu.
News
- Made in Washington: Neil’s Bigleaf Maple Syrup (Erickson, 2026)
- Field Report: From “Weed Tree” to Liquid Gold (TVW, 2026)
- The Pacific Northwest’s most prolific maple syrup farmer wants to retire. Who will take his place? (Hale, 2026)
- Is Pacific Northwest maple syrup better than Vermont’s? We did a taste test to find out (Hale, 2026)
- Maple syrup from the Pacific Northwest? Bigleaf maple syrup industry is on the rise (Hale, 2026)
- Maple syrup producers face regulatory hurdles in budding NW industry (Todd, 2025)
- Oregonians Can Now Taste Local Maple Syrup–and Learn to Make It (Valeriote, 2025)
- Oregon’s bigleaf maple syrup is about more than just pancakes (Foden-Vencil, 2024)
- WSU Extension foresters support bigleaf maple syrup producers (Roberts, 2024)
- Rare bigleaf maple syrup made in Sedro-Woolley (Ronning, 2024)
- Freeze, Thaw and Sappy Sweetness in Maple Syrup (Baker 2024)
- Q+A: Tapping the Sweet Secrets of Oregon’s Native Maple Trees ( Juarez 2024)
- Oregon Growers Tap into Sweet Market (OPB, Foden-Vencil 2023)
- Tapping Into the Bigleaf Maple (HA/Golden 2024)
- Bigleaf Maple Festival Held in Oregon (Jones Wheiler 2023)
- Bigleaf Maple Festival (OSU 2023)
- Western Innovator: Tapping into Potential of Bigleaf Maples (CP/Perkowski 2023)
- In the Woods with Eric Jones and Eliza Nelson – Episode 33 Maple Syrup (Soriano 2023)
- New Law and New Tech Allow Oregon Farmers to Take Aim at New England’s Maple Syrup Dominance (OPB/Foden-Vencil 2023)
- Tapping into Oregon’s Maple Trees (2023)
- Sugaring the Pacific Northwest (HCN/Nichols 2023)
- Oregon Competes For Maple Syrup Market (2023)
- Can Maple Syrup Production Become a Commercial Industry in the Pacific Northwest? (OPB/Castillo 2022)
- Tapping Bigleaf Maples: New Technology is Making Maple Syrup Flow a Little Easier (Peterson 2022)
- Bigleaf Maple Syrup: A Pacific Northwest Delicacy and Emerging Industry (WMSWCD 2022)
- B.C. First Nation Deal Raises Profile of West Coast Maple Syrup (Penner 2022)
- The Sweet Reward of Tapping into Bigleaf Maples (Bryan 2022)
- The rarest maple syrup in America might be made right here in Washington (K5/Wright 2022)
- Could the Syrup for Your Waffle Soon Come from Washington State Maple Trees? Just Maybe (Sailor 2022)
- UW scientists tap into potential for maple syrup industry in Washington (Lim, 2021)
- Tasty options as researchers tap a new forestry product (Taguchi, 2021)
- Bigleaf Maple Syrup Flows As Profits Drip From Once-Maligned Northwest Tree (NPR/King 2020)
- Northwest Maple Syrup? UW Testing Local Bigleaf Maples for Sweet Industry (Bush 2020)
- Syrup From Oregon’s Big Leaf Maple (SFJ Morejohn 1983)