By Julia Purdy CASTLETON—The Vermont Fish & Wildlife program to introduce the new Birdseye Wildlife Management Area was well attended despite the fierce windstorm the night before, Friday, May 5, that knocked out power from Clarendon to Pittsford and caused […]
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Fish & Wildlife to increase antlerless deer permits
The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Board voted on the Fish & Wildlife Department’s proposal for antlerless deer hunting for 2017 at its meeting on April 26 in Montpelier. “We are recommending an increase in muzzleloader season antlerless deer permits this […]
Fish & Wildlife seeks volunteers to monitor bats this summer
The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department is looking for volunteers to help count state-endangered little brown bats as they emerge at dusk at locations throughout the Champlain Valley. Vermont’s little brown bats suffered massive declines due to the deadly disease, […]
Vt. Fish & Wildlife to celebrate new conservation lands
Saturday, May 6, 1 p.m.—CASTLETON—The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department and its partners will celebrate the conservation of nearly 3,000 acres at Bird Mountain Wildlife Management Area (WMA) May 6, 1-5 p.m. The celebration will begin at the Education Center […]
Learn more about Vermont’s forests—and who inhabits them—with wildlife tracker Sue Morse
Wednesday, May 3, 7 p.m.—TINMOUTH—Looking to learn more about the forests of Vermont and the wildlife that inhabit them? Join the discussion Wednesday, May 3, 7-9 p.m. at the Tinmouth Community Center in a free presentation “From Butterflies to Birds […]
Vermont Fish & Wildlife to host free introductory bass fishing clinic
Saturday, April 29, 9 a.m.—HUBBARDTON—The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department is reminding anglers that it will be hosting a free “Introduction to Bass Fishing” clinic Saturday, April 29, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at Half Moon State Park in Hubbardton. The course […]
Vermont Fish & Wildlife creates new Bird’s Eye WMA
By Julia Purdy On a recent early spring day, with snow still blanketing the woods, no green shoots were poking through just yet, but meltwater was trickling across the old woods road along the east flank of Birdseye, where deer […]
Fish and Wildlife announces 2016 Master Angler winners
Vermont Fish and Wildlife (F&W) announced that 47 anglers have achieved Master Angler status for 2016, including two notable Vermonters who successfully completed a difficult bonus challenge set by the department last year. “2016 marked the seventh year of the […]
Caution! Wildlife on road
One of the great wildlife migrations is about to happen right now in Vermont, right at our feet. You may start to hear the spring peepers or wood frogs calling in your backyard. Or perhaps you’ll notice salamanders crawling over […]
Vermont Fish & Wildlife offers series of free fishing clinics
Saturday, April 1, 9 a.m.—CASTLETON—The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department will be hosting a series of free fishing clinics this spring and summer, including four specialized courses focused on specific tactics and species of fish. “We’re excited to offer these […]