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Birch tree tappers say a warming Alaska is making the harvest season harder to predict

Alaska Public Media | By Matt Faubion
Published April 22, 2022 at 3:19 PM AKDT
A woman's hand holds a tap into a birch tree
SueEllen Bontrager aims a tap into a birch tree. She just drilled a hole into the tree to test if sap would come out. (Lex Treinen/Alaska Public Media)

April is birch tree sap season in Southcentral Alaska. A season that is harder and harder to predict because of climate change. Alaska Public Media’s Lex Treinen visited some long time birch sap harvesters in Talkeetna to learn more.

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Matt Faubion
Matt Faubion is a multimedia journalist at Alaska Public Media. Reach him at mfaubion@alaskapublic.org.
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