The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa's Gitigaan Program kicked off its Spring Series on Tuesday with a tradition ...
Wisconsin has long been a top producer in the maple syrup industry, using both traditional and modern methods of production.
It’s now that special time of year where temperatures are below freezing at night and above freezing during the day, creating the perfect conditions for naturalists and hobbyists alike to collect sap ...
Sugar maple and red maple are the most common trees to tap, but syrup can also be made from silver maple, black maple and boxelder.
The event offered Saturday and Sunday by the Kane County Forest Preserve District gave families the opportunity to watch naturalists tap into maple trees in search of what some call the liquid ...
Some Lakeside High School students have been exploring new skills by learning to make maple syrup. LHS teacher Jostalyn ...
Readfield nativeDavid Harriman, co-owner of Dead Stream Alpaca and Maple Farm with his wife, Karen, runs an 1,800-tap maple operation, with 800 taps on 56 acres of his own land off Winthrop Road, and ...
Maple Tree sap tapping has been difficult this year due to the record amount of snow and late spring start. Maple syrup farmers in the northland are waiting anxiously for the weather to warm up enough ...
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 ...
Perhaps one of the most common myths about trees, Rachael West said, is that they go dormant during the winter months, falling into hibernation until spring rolls around. But West, founder of Eating ...
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 ...
It’s tree tapping time for maple trees in Minnesota. This year the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum is tapping nearly 400 sugar maple trees. Kristin Haubrich learned how this all works.