It takes about 40 gallons of the watery sap to produce a single gallon of maple syrup, she and her family learned Saturday ...

But warmer winters and midseason thaws are disrupting that balance. Producers are being forced to adapt to protect both their trees and their livelihoods. “The recent winters have warmed up way too ...

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.

It's prime maple sugarin' season in Wisconsin. Riveredge Nature Center will tap about 400 trees over the next month. "And that results in approximately 75 gallons of maple ...