Ben Mauntler's second grade class at Onekama Consolidated Schools watches as sap is poured into a pan March 4, 2025 to be ...

Students at Auburndale Middle High School learn maple tree tapping in their school forest as part of their Agriculture class.

Consider these choices in the coming weeks as another maple sugar haul is born in New England and heads out into the world.

Sugarmakers across the Tri-Lakes area have been doing their best to ride the weather roller coaster that this season has ...

While the idea of drinking tree sap might sound unusual, Ontario’s maple producers are hoping to turn maple water into the next global must-try beverage. Many are familiar with the rich ...

Andrew Dickerson receives funding from the National Science Foundation. When wind or other disturbances detach winged maple seeds called samaras from their parent tree, they spin through the air ...

The Maple Meltdown ice-carving competition was held at Lansdowne Park on March 22. Organized by the Canadian Ice Carver Society, it was to reward the winner with the right to compete in the 2026 ...

He works with amateur and professional maple syrup producers, and he also taps hundreds of trees on his Peterborough property as a hobby sugar maker. “I was exposed at a pretty young age to ...

It’s right there on our flag. Maple syrup is part of our DNA, but unless you grew up tapping trees and sipping sap straight from the bucket, the fact that you can drink maple water may be lost ...

“Just trim the trees so I can stop coming out the pocket with so much money,” said Bradley. “The branches hit my roof and awnings all the time; I can’t take it anymore.” Bradley’s ...

Either way, sugarmakers foresee more adaptation ahead. The tapping of trees for sap or syrup is an age-old practice. Birch sap, like maple, has long been harvested by Indigenous people living in ...