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April 5, 2019

Join Botanist Bob Popp for Mother’s Day Wildflower Walk

Vermonters are invited to join Vermont Fish & Wildlife’s lead botanist Bob Popp for a Mother’s Day Wildflower Walk at the Stranahan Town Forest in Marshfield.

April 4, 2019

Be On the Lookout for Frogs, Salamanders Crossing Roads

One of the great wildlife migrations is happening right now in Vermont, and it’s taking place right at our feet.

April 3, 2019

Sugar Makers Encouraged to Employ ‘Bird-Friendly’ Forestry Practices

The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department and Audubon Vermont are encouraging the state’s maple sugar producers to consider managing their sugarbushes in ways that are beneficial to birds and other wildlife.

April 2, 2019

Vermont’s Spring Turkey Hunting Starts Soon

It’s almost time for spring turkey hunting in Vermont. Youth spring turkey hunting weekend is April 27 and 28 this year, and the regular spring turkey season is May 1-31.

Colchester Man Fined in Deer Poaching Incident

A Colchester man has been sentenced in a December 2018 deer poaching incident and ordered to pay fines and restitution.

Vermont Fish and Wildlife Releases New Natural Resources Guide to Towns

“Mapping Vermont’s Natural Heritage” book helps communities find conservation solutions

Green Mountain Conservation Camp ‘Work-cation’ Weekends

The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department is looking for volunteers to join them for fun-filled weekends to get the camps ready for the 2019 season. This year, the GMCC Kehoe ‘workcation’ weekend will be May 11-12 and the GMCC Buck Lake workcation weekend will be May 18-19.

April 1, 2019

Vermont Trout Season Opens April 13

Vermont’s traditional trout fishing season is set to open Saturday, April 13, and despite recent cold weather and lingering snow cover across the state, the Vermont Fish & Wildlife says anglers can still have fun and be successful early in the season.

March 27, 2019

Vermont Wildlife Course for Educators, July 14-19

The hands-on field course that gets educators out into Vermont’s streams, forests and wetlands with some of the state’s leading natural resource experts takes place at the Buck Lake Conservation Camp in Woodbury.

March 26, 2019

Public Meeting to be Held on Southern Vermont Wildlife Area

The Vermont departments of Fish & Wildlife, and Forests, Parks, & Recreation are holding a public meeting to discuss future management and use of Turner Hill Wildlife Management Area located in the towns of Athens and Grafton, Vermont.