In addition to their lovely fall foliage, sugar maple (acer saccharum) is a critically important tree to the ecology of our forests, as well as to our regional Northern Appalachian heritage.

sugar maple trees are known for their excellent fall color and the wood is used for floors, furniture, veneer and musical instruments. Because of the hardness of the wood, another common name is ...

Climate change could put maple syrup making at risk if extreme weather and temperature changes harm the trees that produce the sap.

At night, when temperatures fall, the pressure outside the tree becomes greater ... The owner of Schoff’s Sugar Shack in Victor showed News10NBC how they produce maple syrup, from tapping ...

The project started in fall 2024 ... and tapped many maple trees. According to the association, groups of students have been ...

Retired teacher Larry Weber, of Barnum, is the author of “Butterflies of the North Woods" and “Spiders of the North Woods," ...

There you will walk into the sugar bush where you'll learn the amazing way sugar maple trees produce sap, why sap flows, how to tap and collect sap from the tree. The wagon will then take you to ...

One of the oldest crops in North America was being harvested this month a few miles up the Minnesota River from New Ulm. Fred ...

The sugar shack was built with the help of the Plymouth Maple Association, local businesses and Plymouth High School students. The shack will be used to boil sap collected from maple trees in the ...