"From my perspective there are no bad sugarbush seasons," says David Manuel. "We always get something...or I should say we are given the gift of the sap to make into sugar, candy and syrup. To talk a little bit more in relevant and contemporary terms, it wasn't the best year, but it wasn't the worst - at least for me." David is Food Initiative Coordinator with the Red Lake Nation's 4 Directions Development Program. He began tapping maple trees on March 16th. "I tap in what would be my ancestral