March is arguably the sweetest month of the year. All throughout Maine, sugarmakers are busy boiling maple sap into syrup. The same forests that make Maine one of the top three maple producing states also support some of the highest diversity of nesting birds in the country. In an effort to bring together Maine’s maple […]
Forestry for Maine Birds
Passamaquoddy Maple Sweetness Comes to Maine Audubon
This Sunday is Maine Maple Sunday. Around the state, Mainers will be venturing out to sugar shacks to see how maple syrup is produced — and to enjoy some maple treats at the end of a long winter! For centuries, the Passamaquoddy people have harvested sap from the Mahgan (sugar maple) tree. In 2014, the […]