A form of magic is performed annually in the basement of a former University of Alaska Fairbanks cafeteria. A team at the OneTree lab in the Lola Tilley building collects and transforms thousands of ...

The calendar indicates that it’s spring, and despite occasional freezing temperatures and lingering patches of snow, the return of extended daylight confirms this change of season. Last year, a chance ...

STARKSBORO -- High on a mountain in the narrow valley that's home to Heffernan Family Sugarworks, clear birch sap is dripping from a tap in a tree, bending slightly in the wind blowing through a grove ...

For a town with a population of just 1,500, Marshfield has a lot of businesses tucked away in its rocky hills. But few take up as much space, or attract as much attention, as New Leaf Tree Syrups, ...

The North Country's maple syrup season ended last week for most producers, with record production and high-quality syrup. Adam Wild, director of the Uihlein Maple Research Forest, near Lake Placid, ...

The nights are still cold but days are (mostly) becoming milder. That means it’s time to tap into those maple trees to begin the process of converting the sticky sap into delicious maple syrup or ...

Sugar maple and red maple are the most common trees to tap, but syrup can also be made from silver maple, black maple and boxelder.

LAKE PLACID — The Northern New York Agricultural Development Program has posted research that can help maple and birch syrup producers react to changing climate conditions. “Maple, and now birch, ...

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn — When it comes to maple trees, sugar maples are the best because they have the highest sugar content, but you can tap any maple for syrup. Tapping season is when daytime highs are ...