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A child drinks sap from a tree

Sylvia Schroeder drinks sap from a Madison-area maple tree in late winter 2020. Her mother, Leslie Schroeder, has been making maple syrup for 20 years. Photo by Leslie Schroeder.

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May 4, 2025

A child in winter clothes has her mouth open under a tap in a tree that is dripping out tree sap.

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Christina Lieffring

Christina Lieffring is Tone Madison’s Managing Editor, a free-wheelin’ freelancer, and lifelong Midwesterner.

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