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Retired teacher Larry Weber, of Barnum, is the author of “Butterflies of the North Woods" and “Spiders of the North Woods," ...

is the preferred tree to tap for maple syrup. The sugar content of the sap can run 2% or higher. Red maple (acer rubrum) and silver maple have sap sugar content usually between 1.5% to 2%.

Maple trees require an extremely specific environment for the best sap production. Ideally, to maintain steady sap flow, temperatures overnight have to get to the freezing mark or below.

CADILLAC — Here in the mitten it’s officially maple syrup season and what better way to kick off the season with a demonstration on how you can extract sap from any maple tree on your property ...

Climate change could put maple syrup making at risk if extreme weather and temperature changes harm the trees that produce the sap.

Sugar-makers rely on a “freeze and thaw cycle” to tap the maple trees. Sap flows when temperatures drop below freezing at night and rise above freezing during the day, Roseum explained.