SAUGUS, Mass. —
The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation has been teaching the public about maple sugaring since 1989.
As part of that effort, DCR hosts Maple Sugar Days with the help of Leah Hopkins, the department's Indigenous Peoples Partnership Coordinator. A citizen of the Narragansett tribe of Rhode Island, Hopkins leads demonstrations that show the native method for making maple sugar for class groups and other visitors.
Hopkins said indigenous people from various tribes in New England have been making maple sugar for thousands of years.
The process involves evaporating water from maple syrup and hand paddling the resulting maple paste into granulated sugar.
VIDEO: https://www.wcvb.com/article/traditional-maple-sugar-making-massachusetts/70794819
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