State and local officials tour the Blue Heron Farm sugarhouse in Charlemont on Monday during continued celebrations of Massachusetts Maple Month. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ

Dan Waters feeds the evaporator as Jasmine Atsalis-Gogel checks on the maple syrup during a tour by state and local officials at the Blue Heron Farm sugarhouse in Charlemont on Monday. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ

From left, state Rep. Paul Schmid III, chair of the Joint Committee on Agriculture; state Rep. Natalie Blais, D-Deerfield; Franklin County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Jessye Deane; Director of Rural Affairs Anne Gobi; and state Sen. Paul Mark, D-Becket, talk with Bill Coli, right, at the Blue Heron Farm sugarhouse in Charlemont on Monday during continued celebrations of Massachusetts Maple Month. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ