Through the Bird-Friendly Maple program, 约炮视频 supports producers who are committed to managing their sugarbush (a forest stand from which sap is harvested to produce maple syrup) in ways that benefit nesting and migratory birds.
The majority of Eastern forest-dependent birds 鈥 whose populations have dropped by in the last 50 years - inhabit privately owned land. This is where we scale our impact.
Maple producers voluntarily enroll in our program, and when they agree to implementing practices to improve habitat for birds as well as overall forest health, they earn 约炮视频鈥檚 public recognition.
Maple products come from forests managed in very different ways. By purchasing bird-friendly maple syrup, you are supporting producers who are committed to managing their forests in ways that benefit an incredible variety of nesting songbirds, including Scarlet Tanagers, Wood Thrushes, and Veeries.
Look for the Maple Managed for Birds label the next time you buy maple syrup! If you really want the perfect breakfast, sip on some Bird-Friendly Coffee too!
Producers managing their sugarbush for birds
BK3 Farm LLC
Location: Neversink, NY
Contact: Ben Knight, (845) 985-0516, bloominggreen74@gmail.com
Boulderfield Farms
Location: Brant Lake, NY
Contact: Steve and Sara Mullins, s.mullins@frontier.com
Fairbanks Maple
Location: Forestville, NY
Contact: Megan Macintyre,
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Fair View Maple
Location: Avoca NY
Contact: Tim Longwell, fairviewmaple@gmail.com
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Firefly Fields Farm
Location: Ravena NY
Contact: Elijah Done, firefly.fields.farm369@gmail.com
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Giffin Road Maple
Location: Canton, NY
Contact: Ian and Becky MacKellar, cncaboose@gmail.com
Grouse Hill Maple Farm
Location: Montour Falls, NY
Contact: Danielle Fleming & Mark Bonfiglio, grousehillmaplefarm@gmail.com
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Heaven Hill Farm
Location: Lake Placid, NY
Contact: Andrea Grout, andrea@heavenhillfarm.org
Home Farm Maple
Location: Amenia, NY
Contact: Tilly Strauss,
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Honeybee Hill Natural Sweeteners
Location: Valley Falls
Contact: Mike and Jessica Kehn, Honeybeehill.ns@gmail.com
Laurel & Ash Farm
Location: Holmes, NY
Contact: Ashley Ruprecht & Jeffrey Schad, hello@laurelandash.farm
Mapleland Farms
Location: Salem, NY
Contact: Mary Jeanne Packer, mjpacker10@gmail.com
Perry Hill Farm
www.perryhillfarm.com
Location: Amenia, NY
Contact: Vicki Harkness, (845) 877-7021, farmer@perryhillfarm.com
Rock Forest Farm
Location: Lenapehoking | Gardiner, NY
Contact: Christina & Basil, 845-633-8371
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Sapwood Farms
Location: Dryden, NY
Contact: Sean Carter & Maria Paone, maria@getsapwood.com
Sugar Hollow Maple
Location: Watson, NY
Contact: Spencer & Sue O鈥橞rian, sugarhollowmaple@gmail.com
Facebook
SUNY Oswego
Location: Oswego NY
Contact: Kate Spector, katherine.spector@oswego.edu or sustainability@oswego.edu
Sunnyhill Farm
Location: Arcade, NY
Contact: Norm Ameis, Nameis1964@gmail.com
Tails & Trails Farm
Location: Cuba, NY
Contact: Craig & Sharon Myers,
TenKate Hill Maple
Location: Dryden, NY 13053
Contact: Mike TenKate, 607-543-1803, mike_tenkate@yahoo.com
Stone House Maple
Location: Kiantone NY
Contact: Ross Foti, 716-720-1757, rossco1955@hotmail.com
Uihlein Maple Research Forest
Location: Lake Placid, NY
Contact: Adam Wild, Adw94@cornell.edu
Once the nights become warmer in late March and the maple tapping season ends, nesting birds start to move in to New York's forests. But these birds need more than just maple trees to thrive.
Through Bird-Friendly Maple (a collaborative effort between 约炮视频, Cornell and the New York State Maple Producers Association), we partner with maple producers to return sugarbushes to a more natural state.
The shift will benefit nesting songbirds, including Scarlet Tanagers, Wood Thrushes, Black-throated Blue Warblers, and Veeries鈥攁nd make the resulting product more appealing to bird-loving consumers.
A DELICIOUS CONSERVATION PROJECT
Bird-Friendly Maple is a collaborative effort to integrate bird conservation with New York鈥檚 maple syrup industry by:
- Promoting sugarbush management practices that support birds, forest health, and sustainable sap production
- Publicly recognizing maple producers for considering bird habitat in their sugarbush
- Increasing awareness of the important role New York鈥檚 forests play in bird conservation
- Educating consumers about maple syrup and its many natural benefits.
WHAT IS A BIRD-FRIENDLY SUGARBUSH?
Through applied forest management, bird friendly maple producers strive to improve habitat quality in their sugarbushes to optimize breeding and foraging opportunities for forest birds in decline. A bird-friendly sugarbush is managed for the following features to not only provide great habitat for forest birds, but also improve the health of the sugarbush:
- A diversity of tree species and age classes; more than just mature sugar maple
- Complex structural diversity: layers of vegetation; from small seedlings on the forest floor, to saplings and shrubs, to the canopy overhead
- Standing dead trees and live trees with cavities; the bigger the better
- Large logs and branches on the forest floor
Rosa Goldman
Senior Associate, Forest Program, covering Connecticut and New York's Hudson Valley
Claire Mann
Senior Associate, Forest Program, covering New York
Consumers with an appetite for conservation should look for maple syrup containers with the Scarlet Tanager 鈥渟eal of approval鈥 indicating that the syrup comes from a sugarbush that is intentionally managed for birds and biodiversity.
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