Festival of the Sugar Maples underway in Marengo

By BEST OF THE FOX

March 09, 2022 at 9:18 pm CST

Aven Stankowitz, 7; June McCauley, 7; and Willow McCauley, 9, taste sap during the McHenry County Conservation District’s annual Festival of the Sugar Maples at Coral Woods Conservation Area, 7400 Somerset Drive in Marengo. People were able to walk through the woods and learn about history of maple sugaring and the evolution of the sap collection process during the one-hour, half-mile hike through a snowy woodland trail on Monday, March 7, 2022. The festival continues on March, 12, 13 and 14, and signing up for a tour time slot is required. — Aven Stankowitz, 7, June McCauley, 7, and Willow McCauley, 9, taste sap during the McHenry County Conservation District’s annual Festival of the Sugar Maples at Coral Woods Conservation Area in Marengo on March 7, traveling a snowy woodland trail. The festival continues March 12, 13 and 14. (Gregory Shaver/Gregory Shaver - gshaver@shawmed)

People celebrate the changing of the seasons during the McHenry County Conservation District’s ongoing annual Festival of the Sugar Maples at Coral Woods Conservation Area, 7400 Somerset Drive in Marengo.

Participants walk through the woods and learn about the history of maple sugaring and the evolution of the sap collection process during the one-hour, half-mile hike. The festival continues on March 12, 13 and 14, and signing up for a tour time slot is required.