Bigleaf maple is the only commercially important maple of the Pacific Coast region. Seeds on the ground and young seedlings are eaten by rodents. It is easily transplanted as bareroot material when dormant. Although not produced commercially, maple syrup can be made from the sap of bigleaf maple. Established plants damaged or cut during logging operations quickly sprout and produce wide-crowned multistemmed shrubs.
Sprouts grow quickly and easily outgrow conifers.
Broadcast applications of most herbicides has proven ineffective. Directed spot sprays or tree injections have been more successful.