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What Can Be Made From 500-Year-Old Maple Wood?

The story of a 500-year-old maple tree is more than just about wood — it’s about history preserved in nature. Each growth ring represents centuries of changing seasons, storms survived, and sunlight ...
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Watch what happens when a 500-year-old maple reveals its secrets

This piece started as wood from a 500-year-old maple tree, and the transformation is something else. Once the lathe starts spinning, the age, grain, and character begin to show in a big way. Old maple ...
The New York Times

A Fading Tree, Once Majestic, Had to Come Down. But It Wasn’t the End.

A beloved sugar maple slowly succumbed to disease. Today, it lives on in a new form. A beloved sugar maple slowly succumbed to disease. Today, it lives on in a new form. Corey Snyder, a wood turner in ...
Altoona Mirror

Volunteers preserve 200-year-old tree

Jack Hileman of Williamsburg trims the more than 200-year-old silver maple tree at Camp Anderson, just north of Tyrone, on Friday. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski TYRONE — Volunteers were hard at ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Tribal students in Franklin learn how to tap maple trees like their ancestors

FRANKLIN – About a dozen fifth-grade students crowded around Michael DeMain and a 175-year-old maple tree in the forest preserve surrounding the Wehr Nature Center in Franklin, eager to collect sap on ...