The tradition of tapping trees to make maple syrup in Wisconsin dates back centuries, with the state's native tribes building special wigwams in sugar bushes (stands of trees that are tapped for ...

With maple trees, Hoyt doesn’t discriminate. He taps all varieties, including sugar (also known as hard) maples, the official state tree of Wisconsin. “I think maple trees are amazing,” Hoyt ...

Though Wisconsin produced 402,000 gallons of maple syrup, sugar maple trees, sugarbush plants and the tapping season are facing a changing climate. “Climate change is real, and it is with us,” ...

He says models show that climate change is threatening to change where sugar maples grow. In places like Minnesota, there may actually be more maple trees but further south in Wisconsin ...

(WLUK) -- For nearly eight decades, tapping maple ... in Wisconsin -- the fourth-most of any state. In 2024, his maple syrup production began nearly a month early. He first tapped trees Feb ...

Maple syrup-making season is officially underway in northeast Wisconsin. March's weather is usually an ideal time of year for maple syrup production, but producers started tapping trees earlier ...

SEASON IS TAPPING INTO TRADITION IN SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. WEATHERWATCH 12 METEOROLOGIST ... Nature Center.The center taps a handful of sugar maple trees each year as part of its educational ...

The lingering winter finally has released its icy grip on Jesse Wagner’s maple trees ... Wagner, owner of Inthewoods Sugar Bush in rural Manitowoc, has a state-of-the-art tubing system that ...

Warming winters have shifted the timing and length of maple ... state in January or early February, for that matter. Fresh steam billows out of the sugar shack, located in Rhinelander, Wisconsin.

In Wisconsin, March is a prime month for tapping sugar maple trees, when the sap is sweetest. Generally the Maple syrup is harvested and made within a short three-month window from February to April. ...