In early spring, a reddish haze appears in the woodlands. With most deciduous trees still dormant, the red maples are living ...

We love the vibrant colors of maple trees in the fall. These deciduous beauties bring not only great color but also a ...

The city of Missoula is reminding the public that tapping city-owned maple trees for syrup is illegal and harmful to the ...

While all maple tree species produce sap, sugar maples have the absolute best quality sap with the highest sugar content and is the one syrup makers always choose first. It takes about 40 gallons of ...

Sugar maple trees produce sap during the summer, which gets stored through the winter in their roots. When spring is near, the sap begins to move from the roots up the trunk and stem. This provides ...

A large group of adults and kids learned how to tap sap at Carpenter Nature Center in the St. Croix Valley near Hastings on ...

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

Sap is found in all trees. You can tap any of them. But you wouldn’t want to eat all of their sugar. You can tap and make syrup from the boxelder, known as ash-leaf maple, which is a species ...