Right on tap: Students drill into process of maple syrup

Published 10:23 am Friday, March 28, 2014

Sacred Heart students from Adams watch as Jay C. Hormel Nature Center intern Sammie Peterson drills into a silver maple tree at the Jay C. Hormel Nature Center as the students learned about the tapping of the trees and the collecting of their sap for maple syrup.

Sacred Heart students from Adams watch as Jay C. Hormel Nature Center intern Sammie Peterson drills into a silver maple tree at the Jay C. Hormel Nature Center as the students learned about the tapping of the trees and the collecting of their sap for maple syrup.

Sacred Heart students from Adams watch as Jay C. Hormel Nature Center intern Sammie Peterson drills into a silver maple tree at the Jay C. Hormel Nature Center as the students learned about the tapping of the trees and the collecting of their sap for maple syrup.

Mike Goetz, land manager for the Jay C. Hormel Nature Center, shows off a bottle of maple syrup. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com

Mike Goetz, land manager for the Jay C. Hormel Nature Center, shows off a bottle of maple syrup. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com

Henry Bergene pours a bucket of maple sap into another bucket.

Henry Bergene pours a bucket of maple sap into another bucket.