Here’s what I love about my friend Bruce Boyd. He’s smart enough, and dumb enough, in exactly the right ratio. But Sal, you ask, what is the exact right ratio? It turns out that 35:1 is exactly the ...

Have you always wanted to learn to tap maple trees to make your own maple syrup? Then you’re in luck because maple syrup ...

On a sunny spring day in 2015, David Knudson was admiring the Norway maple trees in front of his home in Missoula, Montana when a question occurred to him. Could these trees be tapped for maple syrup?

MISSOULA, Mont.– Tapping a maple tree in one Montana city could get you into a lot of trouble. The City of Missoula Urban Forestry Division sent out a public service announcement reminding everyone ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — The city of Missoula is reminding residents that tapping city-owned maple trees for syrup is not only illegal, but can hurt the tree. "As many people look toward local and ...

Boozhoo ("hello" in Ojibwe) and miigwech ("thank you") for reading the First Nations Wisconsin newsletter. Maple tree tapping season is around the corner and I wanted to revisit some articles showing ...

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 ...

ANN ARBOR, MI — With the return of spring-like weather, Ann Arborites have begun the annual ritual of tapping into maple trees to harvest sap to make syrup. Sap bags have appeared in recent days on ...

Each spring, maple syrup producers across Wisconsin take part in an age-old tradition. Sugar maple trees are tapped, gallons of sap are collected, and the sap is boiled down into maple syrup. This ...

HO-HO-KUS - Anna Carroll lifted her index finger toward the freshly drilled hole in the maple tree, scooped up a bit of the clear liquid trickling on the bark and cautiously moved it to her tongue.