SUTTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Gov. Phil Scott kicked off Vermont’s maple sugaring season on Monday in the Northeast Kingdom with a ceremonial tree tapping. The start of the season comes as the industry ...

Last year's maple syrup season was thrown off by sudden warm spells in January and February, prompting producers to tap trees earlier than usual, shortening the period for collecting sap.

Andrew Dickerson receives funding from the National Science Foundation. When wind or other disturbances detach winged maple seeds called samaras from their parent tree, they spin through the air ...