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Lake County Forest Preserves staff held a lesson in maple syrup production at Ryerson Woods on March 26, 2017.
Maple trees in Ryerson Woods
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Lake County Forest Preserve educator June Melber – holding a bottle of corn kernels – tells visitors that real maple syrup does not contain high fructose corn syrup, as is commonly sold in stores. 
