Maple Syrup

The bird-friendly maple program that started at Vermont Audubon a decade ago is about to expand after getting $2 million from the Inflation Reduction Act.

With consistently less snow and higher temperatures, sugarmaking season is coming earlier and lasting shorter.

The sugaring season in Vermont has always been unpredictable, but in the past, people would generally wait until further into the season to start collecting sap. But many sugar makers have stopped waiting, opting instead to collect as much as they can, when they can.