The Indigenous peoples of North America had taught the first European colonizers how to tap the maple tree and make maple sugar or syrup.

Stephanie Singer (Great Swamp Outdoor Education Center naturalist and teacher) explains how tap a Maple tree. Attendees also learned to how to collect sap, and make syrup over a wood-fired evaporator.

Carriage Hill MetroPark's maple sugaring program is happening Saturday, Feb. 19 starting at 10 a.m. The event is free to attend and open to the public.

The Indigenous peoples of North America had taught the first European colonizers how to tap the maple tree and make maple sugar or syrup.

There they got to learn how the process works, to see maple sap tapped from a tree on site, and to taste sap boiled down to true maple syrup. The verdict?

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Producing other kinds of syrup could be a natural way for farmers to safeguard their harvest against warmer weather and pests. But maple experts say the most famous syrup is here to stay.

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