Making maple syrup is simple- you tap a tree, collect the sap, and boil it down. But it's more complicated for large-scale producers who collect thousands of gallons of sap per day. To keep up with ...

HIGHTOWN, Virginia – The woodpecker was the first sign of something strange underway. Ronnie Moyers heard the bird hammering in the woods one morning in late February, several weeks before the species ...

LETCHWORTH STATE PARK, N.Y. — Maple Weekend at Letchworth State Park gave people the chance to learn about New York’s maple sugar-making process. Some of the activities included traditional maple ...

NORFOLK, Conn. (WTNH) — At Great Mountain Forest in Norfolk, the steam is billowing, and the forestry crew has been keeping busy making a breakfast staple: maple syrup. “We are standing in the Great ...

Just about anyone will tell you that if you’re looking for good Pacific Northwest-made maple syrup, Neil’s Bigleaf is the best of the best. Neil McLeod has been making and selling bigleaf maple syrup ...

Evan Braude, a sophomore English/environmental studies major from Knoxville, Tenn., left, drills a hole for a tap as Lisa Beneman, organic garden supervisor, looks on. The two were tapping trees at ...

The official state tree of Wisconsin is the Sugar Maple, and its sap is the primary source of maple syrup. Since it takes at least several hundred sugar maples to make syrup production profitable, ...

Watery sap drips slowly from a spout in the side of the tree, falling drop by drop into a silver metal bucket attached to the trunk. The slightly sweet tree water is a nutritious drink, but this ...

HIGHLAND CO., Va. – With Highland County’s Maple Festival weeks away, producers are keeping a close eye on the weather. The winter’s mix of sleet, cold snaps and warm spells has delayed syrup ...

Sugar maple trees don't grow just anywhere. Luckily for pancake and waffle lovers, Pennsylvania and Erie County are within the native range for this species that produces the sap used to make maple ...