Climate change is a regular topic of conversation among New Hampshire maple producers, whose association had two University of New Hampshire experts speak on the subject at its last annual meeting.

One of the professors, Barry Rock of UNH’s Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, wrote a 2001 study that said the maple industry could disappear from the state by the end of the century because of global warming.

So far, the New Hampshire Maple Producers Association has not passed any resolutions on the subject or taken other action, publicist Barbara Lassonde said Friday.

Lassonde also said she did not know of any New Hampshire producers who have joined a lawsuit accusing two federal agencies of contributing to global warming by financing power plants overseas.

The maple industry’s last good year in New Hampshire was 2004, when production was 83,000 gallons, Lassonde said. Last year’s total was 64,000 gallons.

This year, “it looks like we’re a little behind,” she said. She said that could change before the season ends, which will be soon in the south and a bit later in the north.

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