MONTPELIER — Ice conditions on lakes and ponds across the state are changing fast due to recent warm temperatures and rain. With additional warm weather expected, game wardens with the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department are urging ice anglers and others to use good judgment when deciding…
MONTPELIER — The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department is receiving reports of bears coming out of their dens and is urging Vermonters to remove their birdfeeders and take additional steps now to prevent conflicts with bears over the spring and summer.
MONTPELIER — The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department and the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board will hold public hearings on deer and moose management for 2026 on March 16, 18 and 19.
BRATTLEBORO — The Southeastern VT Audubon Society will host a special program with Sophie Osborn on her book, “Feather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds," at Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main St., on Tuesday, March 17. The program will begin at 7 p.m. in the third floor C…
VERNON — The Cheshire County Conservation District (CCCD) in partnership with the Monadnock Nature and Bird Club, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Windham County Natural Resources Conservation District (Windham NRCD), Monadnock Outdoors, and Southeastern Vermont Audubon So…
MONTPELIER — The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department and the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board will hold public hearings on deer and moose management for 2026 on March 16, 18 and 19.
Hiking Vermont’s hillsides can be a great way to enjoy a spring day, but the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department and Audubon Vermont recommend people check to see if the area they are planning to hike or climb is open. In addition to trail closures to reduce impacts during mud season, sever…
A beaver moved into my mother's small pond this fall and set to work on improvements. By the time the ice sealed the pond's surface, this beaver had a fine lodge plastered with mud and an underwater pile of branches — the winter larder. My mother is a worrier and she worries about this beave…
If you or someone you know would like to go turkey hunting this spring, but they have never taken a hunter education course, this is the time to act. Vermont’s volunteer hunter education instructors are now holding a limited number of courses throughout the state.
MONTPELIER — Vermont state law requires that ice fishing shanties be removed from the ice before the ice weakens, according the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department.
MONTPELIER — If you are 12 to 14 years old and want to learn about Vermont's wildlife and gain outdoor skills, consider attending one of the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department's Green Mountain Conservation Camps this summer. If you are a GMCC alum, 16 or younger, consider coming back for a…
If you like to hike or snowshoe in the winter, you might like to learn the names of the trees you see. Do so, and the trees will seem like your friends. No need to greet them as Sally and Bob, know them as sugar maple, ash or white pine. Let’s start with a few evergreen trees.
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In the Feb. 7 edition of her daily column, Heather Cox Richardson wrote about the thousand plus people who turned out at a recent Surprise City, Arizona Council meeting to oppose the establishment of an ICE detention center in their community. During that meeting, one of the opponents told a…
To the Editor: When it comes to people dying in this country why is so much emphasis put on gun related deaths? Understandably, gun related deaths usually present as a tough situation. And yes, we want to limit those deaths. Some organizations say guns are the leading death of children. Base…
To the Editor: Dear people of the great state of Vermont,
To the Editor: Representative Sibilia, in response to your legislative update on House 355, the Defend the Guard Act, introduced in the Vermont House of Representatives on February 26, 2025, yet to be voted on ("Understanding the 'Defend the Guard' movement and H.355," March 4): this Act is …
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