BURLINGTON -- A new method of harvesting sap from young trees could revolutionize maple syrup production in Vermont -- and potentially around the world. Researchers at the University of Vermont's ...

But, before getting into the physics of it, let’s take a minute to imagine what a maple syrup farm today looks like. Tall maples, snowy woods—pretty much an idyllic New England scene. A recent ...

In a sweeping study of a huge swath of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, researchers documented that in many places, the sugar maple saplings that should be thriving following harvesting are instead ending ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. – Since the 1950s, sustainability in northern hardwood forests was achieved by chopping down trees in small clumps to naturally make room for new ones to spring up. Early ...