Kemp Station Maple Sugaring Demonstration Day

April 11th, 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM

Are you interested in collecting sap and making your own maple syrup? If you are new to maple sugaring or have a small operation that you’d like to improve, join us at Kemp Natural Resources Station for our 2026 Maple Sugaring Demonstration Day. We will demonstrate several sap collection methods including buckets, bags, and a gravity flow tubing system. We will also demonstrate syrup processing using our small-scale evaporator. Come for the syrup and stay for the fun! NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED.

Open House, 9 AM- 3 PM
Snacks and refreshments available.
Check out the maple operation, hike the nature trail.

Workshop schedule:

10 AM – Maple Quality & Judging – Tony Johnson, Working Lands Forestry Educator
Bring your own syrup to judge.

11 AM – Traditional Birch Bark Sugar Cones, Biskakone Greg Johnson (Lac Du Flambeau), DJ Micik (Menominee)
Workshop making birch bark sugar cones, limited to 20 hand-on participants

1 PM – Finishing, Filtering & Bottling Syrup, Scott Bowe, Kemp Superintendent
Live demos and syrup tasting

2 PM – Bags, Buckets, & Tubes, Tony Johnson, Working Lands Forestry Educator
Guided tour of the sugarbush; help haul sap!