[Steven Scharf]

““Isnt the only high elevations in NE associated with Mt. WASHINGTON.”

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No.”

There are several 4,000 plus mountains in Vermont, NH and Maine. But I suspect their reference to high elevation was not to suggest those ultra-high mountains. Trees won’t grow above a certain elevation so they would be useless. They are also all federally protected.

The reference is more to the fact that most of Vermont is above 500 feet above sea level thus would never be under sea level.

Elevation
- Highest point Mount Mansfield 4,393 ft (1339 m)
- Mean 1,000 ft (300 m)
- Lowest point Lake Champlain 95 to 100 ft (29 to 30 m)

Their analysis fails to understand that Vermont is susceptible to water damage of water coming off the mountains.

Even Wiki has been infected by the climate change crap: Climate change appears to be affecting the maple sugar industry. Sugar maples have been subject to stress by acid rain, asian longhorn beetles, pear thrips, and, in 2011, an excessive deer herd that is forced to eat bark in the winter. These maples need a certain amount of cold to produce sap for maple syrup. The time to tap these trees has shrunk to one week in some years. The tree may be replaced by the more aggressive Norway maples, in effect forcing the sugar maples to “migrate” north to Canada.

BTW, trees cannot migrate, the implication of the last statement is that the industry will migrate to Canada which actually has a larger volume of production mainly because there is far more land to tap in Canada.

Industrial level production has been going on for years. It is a side business, because it is a business that operates for about 6 weeks a year. Farmers work on their other crops and livestock the rest of the year.

Further info about the industry: There were about 2,000 maple products producers in 2010. In 2001, Vermont produced 275,000 US gallons (1,040,000 L) of maple syrup, about one-quarter of U.S. production. For 2005 that number was 410,000 US gallons (1,600,000 l; 340,000 imp gal) accounting for 37 percent of national production. This rose to 920,000 US gallons (3,500,000 l; 770,000 imp gal) in 2009. The state’s share of the nation’s production rose to 42% in 2013. It had the second lowest price at $33.40/gallon.

[Steven Scharf]

I meant to add that this is Maine Maple Sunday
Maine Maple Sunday is here! You are invited. Celebrate the first weekend of spring at a sugarhouse near you. Sure the weather is cold but there will be plenty of warm Maine Maple Syrup being served at over 90 sugarhouses this weekend. Visit our map above to find one near you. Have fun!

http://www.mainemapleproducers.com/

[GreyHoundSailor]

And those numbers are low, since they’re only including what’s reported to the state. We make 70 gallons each year for family & neighbors, and am aware of many others doing the same. With the advance of check-valve spouts, most larger operations are finished tapping by the end of January, and I’ve never seen a season last only a week.

[Rockpile]

I’d bet his climate change BS was a reference to the desert-like heat Vermont is about to endure.

They’ll have to take pictures of snow so that Vermont children will know what it looks like.

[Vigilanteman]

We spent a week vacationing in Vermont once and quickly learned to do a short drive over to New Hampshire for all our shopping. Everything cost 20% to 40% less.

Vermont was basically good for gassing up, buying ice cream cones and sight seeing, especially the Calvin Coolidge home.