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U.S. NEWS Wednesday 22 February

American Living:

Maple syrup producers face challenges in warming world

taps. Others complained is the clear leader, alone 20s at night and 30s and
about a drop in the sugar producing more than 47 40s during the day. When
content of their sap. percent of the country’s the climate is in the 50s and
“When I purchased the maple syrup. 60s during the day and the
farm in 2000, “I was getting Hassan said the state’s nights stay warm, sap runs
75 gallons of sap,” said Ray changing climate can not to the taps, but to the
LaRoche of LaRoche Farm have dramatic effects on tops of the trees, causing
in Durham. “With the envi- the natural resources that the tree to bloom. That can
ronmental changes we’ve “define us as a state and lead to a cloudy and off-
been seeing, are critical to our econ- tasting product.
it’s down to 15 gallons. omy, our environment, “The other day we had a
That’s a dramatic loss for us. and our way of life in New nice 50-degree day which
And I don’t know what to Hampshire.” is kind of the new normal
do about it.” “Unfortunately, we are al- but still not normal,” said
Connecticut, Maine, Mas- ready seeing the real im- Jeff Moore of Windswept
sachusetts, New Hamp- pacts of climate change farm. “One of the chal-
Parker’s Maple Barn employee Jon Jonis carries maple tree shire, New York, Pennsyl- on our economy — includ- lenges we’ve had to start
sap he gathered from metal buckets, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, in
Brookline, N.H. Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-NH, led a discussion with vania and Vermont pro- ing on our maple syrup weighing is when do we
maple syrup producers in New Hampshire about how climate duced 3.78 million gallons and ski industries,” she said, actually tap because put-
change is impacting their industry. of syrup in 2016, according referring to warmer win- ting a tap into a tree is a
(AP Photo/Elise Amendola) to a Northeast maple syrup ters and a decline in snow wound, the trees naturally
production statistics service cover. act to try to compartmen-
MELANIE PLENDA Tuesday to talk about the run by the U.S. Department The ideal temperatures for talize that wound and wall
Associated Press state’s changing climate of Agriculture. Vermont sap production are in the it off.” q
DURHAM, N.H. (AP) — New and how it is affecting one
Hampshire’s maple syrup of the state’s most impor-
producers say they are tant industries.
feeling the impact of cli- Some producers talked of
mate change, as winters seeing a steep drop in the
become warmer and frig- amounts of sap they are
id nights so critical to their getting, while others are
business become fewer. dealing with another trend
Producers joined climate attributed to warmer tem-
experts and Democrat- peratures in which the sap
ic U.S. Sen. Maggie Has- goes up to the top of the
san of New Hampshire on trees rather than down to

Vail Resorts to buy Vermont’s

Stowe Mountain ski resort

WILSON RING services, such as food and
Associated Press beverage facilities and
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — rental and lift offices on
Colorado-based Vail Re- Mount Mansfield and near-
sorts will pay $50 million to by Spruce Peak.
acquire Stowe Mountain The Stowe resort, now
Resort, one of Vermont’s owned by the Mount Man-
most venerable ski resorts, sfield Co., a wholly owned
the companies announced subsidiary of the American
Tuesday. International Group, Inc.,
The deal would be the first would retain ownership of
East Coast property for several other facilities, in-
Vail, and Stowe would be cluding the Stowe Moun-
added to the company’s tain Lodge,
network of 10 resorts. the Stowe Mountain Club,
Vail would acquire all of the Stowe Country Club
Stowe resort’s mountain and other real estate.q
operations, including skier