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.

More and more people are trekking off-path without being prepared, increasing the danger, say those in the field.

The project has amassed 123,000 entries since its founding in 1994.

Vermont’s “Trophy Trout” stocking program for 2024 includes nine river sections and 37 lakes and ponds receiving the two-year old trout, some over 18 inches long.

With this winter’s relatively weak snowfall, more people may have turned to birding as an outdoor activity for the season.

Despite lingering snow cover in some areas, VT Fish & Wildlife says anglers can still have fun and be successful early in the season.

Salisbury hatchery ALIVE. Coyote hunting ban NOT SO MUCH. The latest from the State House.

“We expect to see a large volume of visitors to the region in the days before, during and after the event. With this in mind, the Lake Champlain Chamber is encouraging cities, towns, and businesses in the region to plan accordingly.”

The Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee Wednesday has made a bill strongly opposed hunting advocates even more restrictive.

A patch of thin ice was the scene of a family riding a side-by-side plunging into the icy waters of Lake Memphremagog Saturday.

Closing the Salisbury fish hatchery is a budget cut that will have disastrous effects for fishing in Vermont.  

Closure of the Salisbury hatchery will reduce Vermont’s ability to produce trout for stocking state-wide and for trophy stocking for up to five years.

Vermont Huts Association looks to bring more people into the outdoors

The likely final tally of over 16,800 deer will provide about 3.4 million servings of locally-sourced venison.

The ruling has been a hot potato between the board and the Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules, which favors a more hunting-and-trapping restrictive interpretation of the two 2022 laws.

The group’s numbers have expanded to 150 women. “I was all by myself for 30 years, fly fishing,” one co-founder said. No longer.

Hold off on the bird feeders this month – those backyard bears may be even hungrier now.

Critics say the overharvesting of trees has severely impacted Vermont’s wilderness. Allowing the practice on state lands to continue will contribute to climate change and reduce outdoor access.

A beloved Hyde Park veterinarian battled darkness and disorienting fog to swim the 25 mile length of chilly Lake Memphremagog without a wetsuit.

Nineteen people have died from vehicular collisions with moose since 1985.

As for the safety of people, especially children, Fish and Wildlife said: “We’ve had zero reports of somebody being caught in a trap because of where the trappers placed them.”

With bear season starting Sept. 1, and rising reports of bear encounters in Vermont’s more urban areas like South Burlington, the state is facing new discussions on how to manage its bear population.