maple syrup

The UW research station in Woodruff is hosting a Maple Sugaring Demonstration Day on Saturday, April 11.

Temperatures play a key role in how much sap maple syrup producers can get it each spring.Warm sunny days and nights below freezing is the ideal situation.Another important aspect that producers have more control over is the health of their maple trees and forests.

Maple sap flow for maple syrup production occurs during a narrow window in late winter and early spring.

The Marathon County Sheriff’s Office says it happened Thursday around 4:00 p.m. on County Line Road in the Town of Hewitt

Every spring, Kemp Station taps maple trees and produces a few gallons of maple syrup. In March 2026, we are planning a public demonstration project—moving beyond the simple sap buckets and sap bags—to a modern tubing system for gravity-flow sap collection.

According to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, a warrant has been issued for a New York woman on a charge of theft by false representation

Human-caused climate change is having varied and unpredictable effects on maple harvests in Wisconsin, Iowa and elsewhere, experts say.

Maple sap typically runs from mid-March to mid-April in Wisconsin.This year, the tapping process started almost a month ago in the Northwoods.WXPR’s Katie Thoresen spoke with a maple syrup producer who has been doing it for more than 40 years to see how this unusual winter has stood out.

Greg Johnson, a member of the Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe tribe, collects maple sap every year. Rarely does he get as much as he did this year.