and maple sugar being made," Michigan Maple Syrup Association said. Maple sugaring — or syrup — season begins when the changing temperatures allow sap to flow up and down tree trunks.

The president of the Wadena Area Growers Association taps his maple and birch trees on his Sebeka farm north of Wadena to produce syrup he also sells at the Wadena Farmers Market.

It’s peak maple sugar season and there’s no place better to get into the thick of it than New England. Maple trees are tapped across the region, from Rhode Island to the northern points of Maine.

In Michigan, maple producers are facing partial or total tree crown loss in their sugar bushes. That crown is the engine of a ...

The sugar shack was built with the help of the Plymouth Maple Association, local businesses and Plymouth High School students. The shack will be used to boil sap collected from maple trees in the park ...

Maple sap is heated in a large pan to evaporate water and make maple syrup in this file photo. Michigan's maple syrup industry will likely lose 25%, about 50,000 gallons, of annual production this ...