Page 8 - Maple Trees News Today

Writer Lyndsie Bourgon seeks the roots of the Pacific Northwest’s tree-poaching crisis. An excerpt.

The nation had a sweet maple season this year, producing more than 5 million gallons of maple syrup, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Vermont — the country's top maple producer — yielded a record 2.5 million gallons, an increase of 800,000 gallons from 2021.

April 29th marks Arbor Day and in Helena, the Helena School District and Growing Friends of Helena planted 16 trees on the two high school campuses

Regardless of a recent court victory, some Mohawks say the time is right to resume utilizing land that was taken from them hundreds of years ago.

With maple trees and i think in 2010 my cousins got together and created their own sugaring business and so ive been able to contribute a little bit when im home and whether it is in the sugar house boiling or up on the hill pulling taps, it is just fun. i think our whole family loves each other and whether it is skiing or sugaring, we enjoy these moments that we get to share together. >> you may be a trainee, but, look, in 50 years maybe, you know, you can be full fledged, right? this is what y...

The sap season in Wisconsin got off to a slow start. However, as spring nears, plenty of sap is flowing in Richfield to make maple syrup.

UNDERHILL, Vt. (AP) — Vermont's maple tree season has officially kicked off with a ceremonial tree tap by Gov. Rick Scott at the Proctor Maple Research Center, celebrating the center's 75th anniversary helping the state’s maple industry.

Listening to the sap drip and dreaming of the maple syrup it will make is even more satisfying when you have “tapped” the tree yourself.

The Macon County Conservation District held its annual maple syrup program on Saturday at the Rock Springs Nature Center, giving lessons on what it takes to make real maple syrup.

Wesselman Woods has been hard at work collecting the maple sugar harvest from the trees of Wesselman Woods