Maple Syrup

Most of us will agree; when you combine environmental education with urban forestry and seasonal ecology, and part of the reward is a sweet, sticky, natural treat, you have a winning combination! Making syrup at the neighborhood level: that's the subject of this week's "Issues of the Environment" conversation between Jennie Williams and WEMU's David Fair. Williams is from the Pear Street Collective in Ann Arbor and part of the neighborhood maple sugaring project.

It's Sap Season, and Michigan ranks 5th in maple syrup production in the United States.In Ann Arbor's "Greenbelt region," an area of protected farmland,…

Michigan’s maple syrup industry is growing at a time when climate change is both shortening the sap collection season and moving northward the range of…