That sweetness in the air is not just the arrival of springtime—maple syrup season has arrived in Quebec. Taps drilled into the maple trees collect oozing sap in buckets like these. The sap is then heated to evaporate excess water, leaving the concentrated sugary syrup—yum. And Canada takes its maple syrup very seriously. Producing about 70 percent of the world’s maple syrup, Quebec even has its own ‘maple syrup cartel,’ which works to keep prices stable and maintains the Global Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve. Now, that’s sticky business.
Sweet! It’s maple syrup season
Today in History
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Four Sisters, thousands of trees
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Yellowstone for the National Park Services birthday
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The tallest animal in the world on the longest day of the year
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Ocracoke Lighthouse on Ocracoke Island, North Carolina
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How green is my valley
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Basking in the glow
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An aviation celebration
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International Lighthouse Weekend
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River otters at Acadia National Park, Maine
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J.R.R. Tolkien Day
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National Hug Day
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Seasonal lights dazzle in Japan
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A night on the (ghost) town
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Ardez, Graubunden, Switzerland
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Misool, Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia
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Bodie State Historic Park, California
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Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Bavaria, Germany
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Groovy!
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Infant Sumatran orangutan, Indonesia
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Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park shines
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Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri
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A bull, some flowers, and a stratovolcano
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Notre-Dame Cathedral reopens
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Too awesome to be a planet
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A bridge too Fawr
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A field of English lavender
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Presidents Day
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National Park Week: Olympic National Park, Washington
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Abbey Gardens in Bury St Edmunds, England
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Frankenstein Friday
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