Managing for a healthy sugarbush in a changing climate
Climate change trends, the impact on maple syrup production, and mitigation strategies.
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Beginning Sugarmaking: Trees, Taps, Tubing & Tanks
Slides from a presentation on sugarmaking for beginners.
Maintaining a Healthy Sugarbush
A sugarbush is a special type of woodland. Woodlands include a complex mixture of natural processes and attributes such as soil type, elevation, tree species, types of wildlife, history of use, tree age and more. Foresters can help maple producers gain an in-depth understanding of these factors to achieve a healthy and productivity sugarbush, but there are several steps a maple producer can take on their own.
Managing for delicious ecosystem service under climate change: can United States sugar maple (Acer saccharum) syrup production be maintained in a warming climate?
Sugar maple (Acer saccharum) is a highly valued tree in United States (US) and Canada, and its sap when collected from taps and concentrated, makes a delicious syrup. Understanding how this resource may be impacted by climate change and other threats is essential to continue management for maple syrup into the future. Here, we evaluate the current distribution of maple syrup production across twenty-three states within the US and estimate the current potential sugar maple resource based on tree inventory data. We model and project the potential habitat responses of sugar maple using a species distribution model with climate change under two future General Circulation Models (GCM) and emission scenarios and three time periods (2040, 2070, 2100).
Summary of Research Presentations from 2016 NAMSC Annual Meeting
Summaries of research presentations from 2016 NAMSC annual meeting.
Maple’s Changing Story
Why and how maple producers can shape their stories to connect with potential customers.
Is Tapping Below the Lateral Line A Good Idea?
This research was conducted to determine whether tapping below the lateral line in vacuum tubing operations results in the same quantity of sap from a taphole as normal (above the lateral line) tapping, and thus whether tapping below the lateral is a reasonable management alternative which might be employed to increase the size of the tapping band in maple sap production. It will also inform us as to any tradeoffs (reductions) in yield that might result from this approach.
The Work of Maple Associations
A panel discussion at the NAMSC annual meeting offered a number of suggestions for ways state and provincial associations can help their members.
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Fundamentals of Filtering Maple Syrup
Best practices for filtering pure maple syrup.