Cornell University’s Uihlein Maple Research Forest in Lake Placid tries to be on the cutting edge of syrup-making innovations ...

While production is much larger today, maple syrup making remains a local, often family tradition in maple making regions, ...

The nights are still cold but days are (mostly) becoming milder. That means it’s time to tap into those maple trees to begin the process of converting the sticky sap into delicious maple syrup or ...

Modern methods of collecting sap for maple syrup may ease the process, but Mother Nature still has the final say on the success of any harvest — especially this year. “It’s been a real warm winter; we ...

The maple syrup season was in full swing. That was March 26, 2025. The next day, MLive chief meteorologist Mark Torregrossa ...

Indigenous peoples taught European colonizers how to tap maple trees to make maple syrup. For this Menominee family, it's a ...

In Spring we celebrate changes in nature, and when sap starts rising in maple trees _ it’s a first indication that Spring is right around the corner. Area families gathered at River Trail Nature ...

Daniel Gardner uses a mallet to bang in a sap spile into a maple tree on his property. Gardner’s Sugar House is one of ...

Looking to sweeten a long and bitter winter? There may be a private sweet shop growing in your yard, producing sugary sap that can be turned into maple syrup. Maple sugaring, the process that turns ...

The collection of sap from maple trees has begun, and while the up and down temperatures, with deeper freezes at night, might ...

Maple syrup has long been the lifeblood of Virginia’s Highland County. This year, a brutal ice storm and recent warmth brought one of the worst syrup seasons in recent memory.

Indigenous people tapped maple trees for centuries, but the warming climate is changing sugar season Warming temperatures and extreme weather stresses the maple trees Syrup producers are taking steps ...