CLACKAMAS COUNTY, Ore. — At first, it may not look like much: a forest, a few buckets and a slow drip. But if you wait long enough, it turns into something sweet. That slow transformation is at the ...

Sugar maker Aaron Wightman is working to understand how climate change could impact the color, flavor, and taste of maple syrup. Justin Kaneps It may seem like niche science, but Wightman believes ...

HAMPTON — Students at Hampton Academy and Marston School are getting hands‑on lessons in the science, tradition, and teamwork of maple sugaring. Over the final weeks of winter, students have learned ...

ONEKAMA — As winter started to wind down, Onekama Consolidated Schools second grade students could be seen lugging pails up and down the campus, learning to make maple syrup under the guidance of ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – March 18, 2026 – Miles of blue tubing weaving through the maples at Heiberg Forest signal the arrival of maple syrup season at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

MAPLE SIRUP IS AT THE CENTER OF A SCIENCE LESSON HAPPENING AT HILLSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL IN MANCHESTER. SCIENCE TEACHER MARY HARTIGAN DEMERS PUT DONATED BUCKETS AND TAPS ON A GROUP OF SUGAR MAPLES ACROSS ...

SEASON UP AND RUNNING. BUT ALL THOSE ONIONS COMING TO A SUPERMARKET NEAR YOU AND KIDS IN HAMPTON GETTING TO LEARN ABOUT HOW TO MAKE MAPLE SIRUP UP CLOSE THIS YEAR, I’LL TAKE MAPLE SEASON SUGARING OVER ...

American maple syrup almost went extinct. In 1993, sugar makers in New York State, the second-largest producer in the U.S. behind Vermont, made only 180,000 gallons of syrup. A century earlier, in ...