022520 LCJ Maple Syrup Ryerson (CJ)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Jen Berlinghof, environmental educator, talks about a branch from a sugar maple tree during the Lake County Forest Preserves behind-the-scenes tour of the Maple Syrup Hikes at the Ryerson Conservation Area in Riverwoods. The Maple Syrup Hikes run for three weekends in March: March 7-8, 14-15, 21-22, from 12-2:00 pm. every half-hour. Visitors must register for the event. (2/19/20)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Jen Berlinghof, environmental educator, drills a hole into a sugar maple tree to put a spile in it to collect sap from the tree during the Lake County Forest Preserves behind-the-scenes tour of the Maple Syrup Hikes at the Ryerson Conservation Area in Riverwoods. The Maple Syrup Hikes run for three weekends in March: March 7-8, 14-15, 21-22, from 12-2:00 pm. every half-hour. Visitors must register for the event. (2/19/20)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Jen Berlinghof, environmental educator, talks about a stainless steel tank called, an evaporator, which cooks the sap from a sugar maple tree and turns it into maple syrup during the Lake County Forest Preserves behind-the-scenes tour of the Maple Syrup Hikes at the Ryerson Conservation Area in Riverwoods. It takes forty gallons of sap to make one gallon of maple syrup. (2/19/20)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Jen Berlinghof, environmental educator, talks about a spile which is used to collect sap from a sugar maple tree during the Lake County Forest Preserves behind-the-scenes tour of the Maple Syrup Hikes at the Ryerson Conservation Area in Riverwoods. The Maple Syrup Hikes run for three weekends in March: March 7-8, 14-15, 21-22, from 12-2:00 pm. every half-hour. Visitors must register for the event. (2/19/20)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Jen Berlinghof, environmental educator, talks about how to identify the branch of a sugar maple tree during the Lake County Forest Preserves behind-the-scenes tour of the Maple Syrup Hikes at the Ryerson Conservation Area in Riverwoods. The Maple Syrup Hikes run for three weekends in March: March 7-8, 14-15, 21-22, from 12-2:00 pm. every half-hour. Visitors must register for the event. (2/19/20)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Jen Berlinghof, environmental educator, puts a spile into a sugar maple tree to collect sap during the Lake County Forest Preserves behind-the-scenes tour of the Maple Syrup Hikes at the Ryerson Conservation Area in Riverwoods. The Maple Syrup Hikes run for three weekends in March: March 7-8, 14-15, 21-22, from 12-2:00 pm. every half-hour. Visitors must register for the event. (2/19/20)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Christy Condon, environmental educator, drills a hole into a sugar maple tree to put a spile into the hole to get the sap from the tree for the first time during the Lake County Forest Preserves behind-the-scenes tour of the Maple Syrup Hikes at the Ryerson Conservation Area in Riverwoods. It takes forty gallons of sap to produce one gallon of maple syrup. (2/19/20)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Eileen Davis, of Lindenhurst stands next to Christy Condon, of Palatine and Jen Berlinghof, of Chicago, all environmental educators, as she puts a spile into a sugar maple tree to collect sap during the Lake County Forest Preserves behind-the-scenes tour of the Maple Syrup Hikes at the Ryerson Conservation Area in Riverwoods. The Maple Syrup Hikes run for three weekends in March: March 7-8, 14-15, 21-22, from 12-2:00 pm. every half-hour. Visitors must register for the event. (2/19/20)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Sap from a sugar maple tree drips out of a spile into a bucket during the Lake County Forest Preserves behind-the-scenes tour of the Maple Syrup Hikes at the Ryerson Conservation Area in Riverwoods. It takes forty gallons of sap to make one gallon of maple syrup. (2/19/20)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Jen Berlinghof, environmental educator, talks about the Maple Syrup Hikes in the Welcome Center, with an interactive tree display behind her, during the Lake County Forest Preserves behind-the-scenes tour of the Maple Syrup Hikes at the Ryerson Conservation Area in Riverwoods. The Maple Syrup Hikes run for three weekends in March: March 7-8, 14-15, 21-22, from 12-2:00 pm. every half-hour. Visitors must register for the event. (2/19/20)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media An interactive tree display which talks about sugar maple trees and how maple syrup is made could be seen at the Welcome Center during the Lake County Forest Preserves behind-the-scenes tour of the Maple Syrup Hikes at the Ryerson Conservation Area in Riverwoods. The Maple Syrup Hikes run for three weekends in March: March 7-8, 14-15, 21-22, from 12-2:00 pm. every half-hour. Visitors must register for the event. (2/19/20)