Press Releases

Finding a gift that will continue to give for a full year is a challenge, but the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department has a solution: a license gift certificate for hunting and fishing licenses.

Hunters will still have several days of archery and muzzleloader deer hunting to enjoy in Vermont after the regular deer season ends November 27.

The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department recommends Vermonters wait to put up bird feeders until December 1 to avoid attracting bears.

The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department announced on Tuesday that the purple crowberry (Empetrum atropurpureum), a diminutive alpine shrub last documented in Vermont in 1908, has been rediscovered on Mt. Mansfield.

One of our native wildlife species historically played an important role on Thanksgiving Day.   North America’s native wild turkeys were the ancestors of the Thanksgiving turkey on our dinner table.  

The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department has scheduled a public information meeting on draft changes to the state’s trapping regulations.

The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department is asking hunters to participate in its annual deer hunter effort and sighting survey.

The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department is reporting that several important fall foods for wildlife are less abundant this year, following the bountiful 2021 fall season

Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department game wardens and biologists are actively investigating a bear attack that occurred in Winhall, Vermont on the evening of November 2.

With high moose numbers in northeastern Vermont contributing to the abundance and negative impact of winter ticks, the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department is pleased to report on the results of a successful, regulated 2022 moose hunting season.