The Vermont Legislature voted to designate the sugar maple as the state's official tree on this day in 1949.

From sap buckets to tubing and phone alerts, Vermont sugar makers say new technology is changing how maple syrup is produced.

Vermont sugar-makers are starting to tap their trees as warming temperatures signal the start of maple season.

But warmer winters and midseason thaws are disrupting that balance. Producers are being forced to adapt to protect both their trees and their livelihoods. “The recent winters have warmed up way too ...

Governor Scott also signed a proclamation declaring the month of March as ‘Maple Month’ in Vermont, saying “WHEREAS, maple ...

It takes 40 gallons of tree sap to create one gallon of maple syrup. The formula might come from science, but the result is pure magic, especially to Vermonters, who’ve been tapping and sugaring in ...

An etching from an 1879 edition of Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper shows men collecting sap outside Rutland, Vermont. Vermonters originally made maple sugar, rather than syrup, because it kept ...

The Northeast produces the vast majority of U.S. maple syrup because of cold, freezing nights followed by warm, ...

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. More ...

A relatively new program in Vermont is helping both maple syrup-producing farms and their customers to improve forest habitat preferred by a diversity of bird species. Launched in 2014, the ...

Warmer days and cooler nights mean that maple season is off to a strong start for local producers, and after last summer’s ...