The First Day Hikes program includes 18 hikes ranging from easy family walks to challenging mountain ascents, led by volunteers from organizations including the Green Mountain Club, Otter Creek Audubon Society, and South Hero Land Trust, along with state parks staff.

If you leave the trail, even following another’s tracks, there is a real risk of no way back.

The bird on your table is descended from the wild turkey.

VTF&W website helps with learning how to process

How trail management is impacted by severe weather

Unlike a thru-hiking route, the Velomont is designed as a multi-use system with mountain biking as a central focus, weaving together public and private lands across the spine of the Green Mountains.

Regardless of identity, the Mountain endures.

The Telephone Gap Integrated Resource project had a historic level of public engagement, according to advocates, before it passed in June.

Two boys, ages 14 and 11, and a 12-year-old girl were taking part in an organized camp and set out on a trail off Duxbury Road for what was expected to be a 30-minute hike.

Situated next to railroad tracks (offering plenty of sunlight) and near the pond (offering plenty of water), the thirsty softwood dwarfs all other Vermont trees with a height of 127 feet.

Leave the bunnies be – and the bears too, of course.

Grayson Carey reeled in a new LCI Derby record sheepshead the morning of Sunday, June 15. It weighed in at 28.51 pounds, beating the previous record of 24.97.

The outbreak appeared shortly after a foul, burning odor was reported on May 16. Resident Priscilla Foster likened the smell to “rotting flesh” and said flies filled the area two days later.

Bear incidents have been on the rise over the past several years. 

Hunters who obtain antlerless permits would be allowed to harvest antlerless deer during the regular November season, which is currently limited to antlered (buck) deer.

Wakeboard sports ban meeting today.

“This unmet need underscores our call for robust funding to support critical projects in this region,” Welch and other senators wrote.

While western Vermont valleys offer more deer, the mountains and the Northeast Kingdom have fewer but bigger game, state biologists say.

Metal pellets and recent wounds consistent with shotgun fire were found in the eagle’s body. 

With the continued dry weather outlook and the abundance of dry leaves and dry fuels in Vermont’s forests, wildfires have the potential to spread rapidly, officials said. 

Peak foliage – enjoy it while it lasts!

Reports indicate that the lynx has moved about 60 miles north of where it was first sighted in Rutland County into Addison County, traveling around a dozen miles at a time and then staying in the same general area for several days before moving on. 

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A hunter may take up to four deer in Vermont’s two-part archery season if they do not shoot any deer in the other deer seasons.

The leashed tracking dog owners, who provide their services free of charge, must pass an extensive exam in order to be certified and licensed to provide their services. 

Most VT lynx sightings – although still rare – are in the Northeast Kingdom.

Every summer the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department puts out a call for citizen scientists to count young turkeys, or “poults,” between the start of July and the end of August.

Homeowners should follow the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department’s recommendations on when and how to protect the living space and do a bat eviction.

Its 301 miles are peppered with 30,300 feet in total climb — all on public dirt roads between a dozen rocky sections. 

“He poured water over her head and had her lying on cool shady ground, which doesn’t sound very romantic but these are both good was to dissipate heat.”

“While we’re unsure of how the bear got stuck in the can and why it was drawn to it, this story serves as an important reminder of how curious and food-driven bears are,” Fish & Wildlife said.