It is finally spring, which is a magical time of year at Woodland Dunes. Birds are migrating back to our preserve as the days get warmer, but the birds are not the only things making great movement.

See photos of the family-oriented program Magical Maple Trees, focused on teaching the origins of maple syrup, at Piney Run Park Nature Center on Wednesday, Feb. 24. Five-year-old twin siblings Brenna ...

Throughout much of North America, tree sugaring time is near or already underway. Depending on the weather and your latitude, you will have trees with running sap between January and early March. Some ...

Perhaps one of the most common myths about trees, Rachael West said, is that they go dormant during the winter months, falling into hibernation until spring rolls around. But West, founder of Eating ...

Maple sugaring — or syrup — season is approaching, and soon enough you'll notice buckets clinging to maple trees as hobbyists and commercial operators begin collecting the sweet sap to make maple ...

A recent account about the maple sugaring process mentioned in passing that plastic tubes for carrying sap from tree to sugar house have largely replaced the spouts and buckets. An alert reader in ...