GARRISON, N.D. (AP) — The manager of a North Dakota state park is tapping the park's box elder trees for sap and turning it into syrup.

Chad Trautman with the Fort Stevenson State Park tells the Minot Daily News that he is on a quest to introduce a common New England tradition to North Dakota.

Trautman a year ago began boiling the trees' sap until it became syrup. The process is similar to the one used in Vermont where maple trees are common.

Trautman's effort last year produced between 10 and 15 gallons of sap per tree. About 40 gallons of box elder sap are needed to make 1 gallon of syrup.

Trautman says a man associated with South Dakota State University taught him the technique when he was in Rapid City, South Dakota.

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