So, distillers are invested in the future of white oak. It’s a money-maker for the forestry industry. But it’s also incredibly important ecologically. “The biodiversity that you see in an oak forest ...

That means the trees are tapped at White Oak Farm in Yorktown, the closest maple syrup producer to New York City. As CBS2's Tony Aiello reports, it's like a slice of Vermont, 30 miles north of the ...

The White Oak Initiative said that without intervention, other tree varieties like beech and maple would thrive in these areas instead, further boxing out new oak trees.

Ream first discovered the champion white oak in 1982 while trimming trees nearby. “I saw it and thought, ‘My, that looks like an awful big tree,’” he recalled. His hunch was correct.

The White Oak Initiative - Landowners for Oaks series is now available! This series, ... There will be a dramatic shift to maple-dominance in our forests, something that will have profound, and ...

Oak (especially American white oak) is far and away the most common type of wood used for making whiskey. However, it is not the only type used. Occasionally, other woods such as maple, hickory ...

The organic syrup, from the Catskills, is given 100 days in the charred white oak barrels used to age its whiskies. ... Fort Hamilton Brooklyn Barrel-Aged Maple Syrup, 12.7 ounces, $24.99, ...