Maple syrup has been a cherished ingredient in North American culinary traditions for centuries, from well before the advent of European settlers. Native American tribes found that they could produce ...

Winter's freakish warmth made for a somewhat skimpy maple sugar season, but it still produced mysteries. One sugar maple tree at Bendix Woods County Park in New Carlisle gave zero sap to boil into ...

And just like that, maple sugaring season is here again. It may seem like spring magic, but there’s plenty of science involved when it comes to tapping trees for some sweet rewards. “Maple sugaring is ...

March is maple syrup season in Wisconsin. The sugar maple tree and the history of maple sugaring is an important part of Wisconsin’s heritage. Genuine maple syrup follows a process of tapping trees ...

This story was originally featured on Outdoor Life. There are windows of opportunity in nature, and one of my annual favorites is “sugaring time.” In late winter, tree sap begins to flow, and from the ...

Maple sugar season is underway in northern Ohio and the future of the sugar maple (acer saccharum) may be in question. Forest or sugar bush maple trees are the source of maple sugar sap used to ...

The sight of a steady drip of sap brought elation to Paula Babel as she lifted a metal bucket hanging off a spile in a sugar maple tree that she calls the “queen of trees.” She poured the crystal ...

Peter Kuitenbrouwer is the author of Maple Syrup: A Short History of Canada’s Sweetest Obsession. Parry Island belongs to Wasauksing First Nation. Located in the Georgian Bay off Parry Sound – about ...