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Vermont Fish and Wildlife staff are looking for volunteers to join them for a fun-filled day to get the Green Mountain Conservation Camps (GMCC) at Lake Bomoseen and Buck Lake ready for the 2025 season. 

Come for an hour or come for the day, we are looking for help with general repairs, construction, landscaping, painting, cleaning, firewood, and gardening. Participants are encouraged to bring their own tools.

When: May 17, 2025, 9am-5pm

Where: GMCC Castleton VT and Woodbury VT

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Come settle in at the Burlington Beer Company for a night of listening and storytelling with The National Wild Turkey Federation, Vermont Fish & Wildlife, and Vermont Folklife as the Green Mountain State heads into its second half century of turkey hunting! 

Register and get the details at vtfolklife.org/listeningparty

Vermont Fish and Wildlife’s annual spiny softshell turtle beach cleanup day is Saturday, October 14, and the department is looking for volunteers to help. 

Participants are asked to arrive at North Hero State Park at 10:00 a.m. 

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Grand opening ceremony for the recently completed Roxbury Fish Culture Station, damaged in Tropical Storm Irene. Celebrating 130 years raising trout, the facility has been rebuilt with modern technology to reduce nutrients leaving the hatchery. The new facility will produce about 60,000 fish for Vermont waters.

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The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department announces that its shooting ranges at Walter Cabell Range at Buck Lake Conservation Camp and West Mountain Wildlife Management Area will have five open range days with range stewards for anyone interested in sighting in their rifles.

Vermont 4-H Shooting Sports will be hosting and instructing open range days at Buck Lake Conservation Camp Range from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Find out more about other locations and dates for Open Range Days.

The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department announces that its shooting ranges at Walter Cabell Range at Buck Lake Conservation Camp and West Mountain Wildlife Management Area will have five open range days with range stewards for anyone interested in sighting in their rifles.

Vermont 4-H Shooting Sports will be hosting and instructing open range days at West Mountain Range from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00

Find out more about other locations and dates for Open Range Days.

The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department announces that its shooting ranges at Walter Cabell Range at Buck Lake Conservation Camp and West Mountain Wildlife Management Area will have five open range days with range stewards for anyone interested in sighting in their rifles.

Vermont 4-H Shooting Sports will be hosting and instructing open range days at Buck Lake Conservation Camp Range from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00

Find out more about other locations and dates for Open Range Days.

The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department is looking for volunteers to join them for fun-filled weekends to get the Green Mountain Conservation Camps ready for the 2022 season.

Volunteers can participate for as long as they are able to; one hour, one day, or both days. They are welcome to stay overnight in onsite cabins or they can bring their own tents.  Lunch and dinner will be provided. 

For more information and to register as a volunteer, please email Hannah.Phelps@vermont.gov or call 802-249-4199.

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The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department is looking for volunteers to join them for fun-filled weekends to get the Green Mountain Conservation Camps ready for the 2022 season.

Volunteers can participate for as long as they are able to; one hour, one day, or both days. They are welcome to stay overnight in onsite cabins or they can bring their own tents.  Lunch and dinner will be provided. 

For more information and to register as a volunteer, please email Hannah.Phelps@vermont.gov or call 802-249-4199.

Read more about 'Work-cation' weekends

The National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) is having a volunteer workday Sunday April 11, 2021 from 8-12 at Camel’s Hump State Forest. NWTF and volunteers will be releasing apple trees and other soft mast trees.

For registration information, please contact Ron Lafreniere at Ronlafreniere@outdrs.net