and vine maple (A. circinatum), a small tree or large shrub, both populate native forests throughout the Northwest. For millennia, native peoples harvested the trees for medicine and utility.

We're really excited to be able to bring greenery into people's homes," said Abby Vandenburg of Maple Hill Subaru. The Arbor Day Foundation made sure the donated trees are native to the West ...

The president of the Wadena Area Growers Association taps his maple and birch trees on his Sebeka farm north of Wadena to produce syrup he also sells at the Wadena Farmers Market.