Sponsored by the New York State Maple Producers’ Association, producers are usually open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day at most locations. The sap’s been running pretty well in the Adirondack Park for more than a month.

Adam Wild, director of Cornell University’s Uihlein Maple Research Forest, was standing outside the sugarhouse on Bear Cub Lane in Lake Placid on a warm, sunny Friday afternoon, March 8, while research technician Keith Otto was inside boiling sap into maple syrup. He described this year’s maple season as

Wild said.

March 8 was the eighth time this season the Uihlein Maple Research Forest had boiled, having produced 847 gallons before that day. The first boil was on Feb. 12.

Jack Drury feeds his wood-fired evaporator Thursday at the Mark Twain Mapleworks in Saranac Lake. (Enterprise photo — Andy Flynn)

Wild added.

Tom Manitta, who operates the Heaven Hill Farm sugarhouse, said Tuesday, March 12 that the maple season is going well so far at their location near the end of Bear Cub Lane.

Jack Drury, who operates the Mark Twain Mapleworks at his home at the end of Lake Street in Saranac Lake, described his season so far in his Bushwhack Jack’s Tracts column titled, published Tuesday, March 12 in the Adirondack Daily Enterprise.

Drury wrote.

The Mark Twain Mapleworks will be one of five locations in the Tri-Lakes region to offer sugarhouse tours during the two Maple Weekends. The complete list is below.

Jack Drury watches maple sap boil in his wood-fired evaporator Thursday at the Mark Twain Mapleworks in Saranac Lake. (Enterprise photo — Andy Flynn)

¯ Cornell University’s Uihlein Maple Research Forest, 157 Bear Cub Lane, Lake Placid. 518-523-9337.

¯ Heaven Hill Farm, 302 Bear Cub Lane, Lake Placid. 315-412-5079.

¯ Mark Twain Mapleworks, 614 Lake St., Saranac Lake. 518-891-5915. www.marktwainmapleworks.com.

¯ Paul Smith’s College Visitor Interpretive Center, 8023 State Route 30, Paul Smiths. 518-327-6241. www.paulsmithsvic.org.

¯ The Wild Center, 45 Museum Dr, Tupper Lake. 518-359-7800. www.wildcenter.org.

Jack Drury poses Thursday between his wood-fired evaporator and maple products for sale at the Mark Twain Mapleworks in Saranac Lake. (Enterprise photo — Andy Flynn)

The Wild Center will be hosting a Pancake Brunch at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 16 in the Great Hall. It will include maple trivia giveaways and pancake art competitions. Artist-designed pancakes are included with admission (one per person as time and supplies last). The brunch will be available to ticketed visitors for an additional charge of $13.25, with a lighter option for $8.50. Also, guided tours of the on-site sugar shack will be available to ticketed visitors.

The Wild Center this year is extending an invitation to local community members to join its Community Maple Project.

a press release states.

Anyone interested in joining the Community Maple Project should email maple@wildcenter.org.

said Nick Gunn, marketing director at The Wild Center, in a press release.

Learn more about New York State Maple Weekends at www.mapleweekend.com.