Tapped out? Dispute with DNR over year-round maple tree taps leaves Grand Marais couple feeling stuck

Tapped out? Dispute with DNR over year-round maple tree taps leaves Grand Marais couple feeling stuck

GRAND MARAIS, Minn. — Warmer temperatures have brought the maple syrup producing season around Minnesota to a close. It also may portend the end of an era for a couple outside Grand Marais, who have produced maple syrup on their small organic farm for more than a quarter-century. Amid an ongoing dispute with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources over access to public land to tap maple trees, Mark and Melinda Spinler, both 65, worry they …