Join Our Crew
We’re growing! After 20 years in business and 5 of those with Morgan at the helm, we’re entering a new chapter of growth and visioning for how to operate sustainably and holistically. With the ongoing negative impacts of climate stress, past insect pressure, and aging infrastructure, it’s time for our year-round work to center on improving both the efficiency of our production systems and on the long term health of the forest through modest intervention. That’s where the Lead Forest Coordinator comes in, a freshly defined leadership role supported by seasonal or year-round Woods Crew.
Woods Crew & Sugarmaking Apprentices
Seasonal Commitment: October/November to April/May.
Weekly Commitment: Full Time, 5 Days Weekly, 8-4pm.
Hourly Compensation: $20/hr Starting, Increase Based on Skill & Experience.
Housing: Off-Grid Housing Available Seasonally On-Farm.
Physical Requirements: The ability to hike, scramble uphill and through brush, wear a backpack full of tools, haul gear, and work with your hands all day in a variety of cold weather conditions.
Gear Requirements: Weatherproof boots, rain and snow gear, backpack, snowshoes.
Vibe Requirements: Relentlessly positive attitude and resilience in the face of pokies and ouchies. Willingness to generously communicate and support your teammates in the field. Ambition to follow through to the end of the day, and smarts to listen to your intuition and get off the mountain when the weather gets rough.
November & December We begin with a full walkthrough of the sap lines, covering each major section across our 100ac sugar bush and establishing a map of major repairs. We begin “redtooling” by walking each sap line and re-tightening, confirming tree selection, and making minor fixes to fittings and small tubing. We’ll also saw blowdowns off the lines and perform any major fixes necessary to proceed redtooling. If it’s too windy to be out in the woods, we split and stack wood for the evaporator.
January & February We return from holiday to our map of remaining blowdowns and major tubing or wire repairs. We tap each of our 4,000 trees, and tackle any final fixes before turning on the vacuum for leak checking and opening up the saphouse for boil in mid/late February. We become absolutely obsessed with the forecast.
March & April We boil! The on-call schedule is highly weather dependent, but checking for leaks in the woods and cleaning the evaporator is continuous throughout the boiling season. After our last boil in early April, we shut down the saphouse, untap each tree, and transition to summer work.
Summer Months in 2026 will be focused on finished product and bottling, and woods projects.
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