Sugar maples attract 297 species of butterflies and moths, providing a source of food for baby birds and other insect-eating birds.The two-winged seeds, known as samaras, are eaten by wildlife.The ...

Michigan Maple Weekends already happened in the Lower Peninsula, while U.P. producers will celebrate with visitors to their sugar shacks this weekend, April 2-3.

Black maple’s bottom two lobes are so much less prominent than sugar maple that it often looks like 3 main lobes. Additionally, black maple leaves droop on the sides, almost like they are starting to ...

The Traverse City nonprofit runs programs in schools that often don't have other free summer or after-school options.