Maple Research Forest News Today

LAKE PLACID — The newest environmental monitoring station in the New York state Mesonet — a network of weather monitoring sites operated by the University

The recent mild weather allowed some maple syrup producers to get an early start.

Four of the six named producers are in the North Country.

In this artisanal age of homemade beer, craft brewers are looking to extract flavors from a variety of local ingredients. Beer made with maple or birch syrups is popular in the North Country. But many times, those iconic flavors are mostly masked by the...