Learn all there is to know about maple trees during a two-hour hike at Fairfax State Recreation Area on Sunday, March 6.

The hike starts at 2 p.m. Participants will learn about maple identification, legends and superstitions, and see a demonstration on how to tap a maple tree for its sap. The hike ends with sampling of maple sugar and different types of maple syrup.

The program is limited to 20 people and costs $5 per person.

Advance registration is required by March 1 at bit.ly/mapletree2016.

For more information, contact Monroe Lake naturalist Jill Vance at jvance@dnr.IN.gov or (812) 837-9967.

Property entrance is free during winter.

Fairfax SRA (stateparks.IN.gov/2954.htm) is at 9801 S. Fairfax Road, Bloomington, 47401.

To view all DNR news releases, please see dnr.IN.gov.


Media contact: Jill Vance, interpretive naturalist, Paynetown Activity Center at Monroe Lake, (812) 837-9967, jvance@dnr.IN.gov.