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Maple Syrup: Nature's Spring Tonic

Saturday, 01 November 2008 10:23

Maple Syrup has been produced at MapleAcres in Two Rivers, WI since 1918. 2008 marked the 90th year Maple Syrup was made at MapleAcres. Maple Syrup is made in the spring of the year. The season starts around the end of February or early March and lasts to early April depending on weather. Maple trees need the alternating warm sunny days and freezing nights that happen as winter gives way to spring.

The 2010 Maple Syrup Season has ended. You can read about the daily activities of a working sugarbush by clicking on the section "In the Sugarbush."

Threats to Maple Trees

The Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) is an invasive insect that feeds on certain species of hardwood trees, eventually killing them. The ALB most likely came to the United States inside wood packing material from Asia. Since it was first discovered in Brooklyn, New York in 1996, the beetle has caused tens of thousands of trees to be destroyed in Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York. If the ALB were to become established here, it could become one of the most destructive and costly pests ever to enter the United States. If we don’t find and stop the ALB, we’ll lose more than trees. We’ll lose industries worth billions of dollars – and wildlife habitats too. Our yards and neighborhoods will take decades to recover.