Outdoors
Every year my husband and I cut a Christmas tree on family land. We look for a young balsam fir growing in the power line right-of-way or in a forest clearing. Fir is our favorite type of Christmas tree because of its delightful, pungent fragrance. While Christmas tree farmers cultivate a va…
MONTPELIER — Vermont’s loons are thriving with a record 109 nesting pairs recorded in 2021, the highest since loon monitoring began in 1978, according to the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department and Vermont Center for Ecostudies.
WHITE CREEK, N.Y. — A new outdoor opportunity is available to the community.
MONTPELIER — 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.
“Shhh,” I tell my 5-year-old son, “there are animals sleeping, right under our feet.”
UNDERHILL, Vt — Corey Martello, 37, from Jericho and Hunter Bessette, 24, from Northfield have been charged with taking deer by illegal means, taking deer in closed season, spotting and locating wildlife, shooting from a motor vehicle, cocked crossbow in a motor vehicle, failure to stop for …
What do the following items have in common: the Declaration of Independence, Da Vinci’s notebooks, Bach’s musical scores, Rembrandt’s drawings, Shakespeare’s plays, and the Magna Carta? Give up? These examples, along with countless other documents ranging from the historically important to t…
The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department recommends state residents wait to put up bird feeders until Dec. 1 to avoid attracting bears.
With rifle season fast approaching, Forest Service officials on the Green Mountain National Forest (GMNF) are encouraging the public to use caution and to be visible and mindful of their surroundings in the coming weeks. Saturday, Nov. 13, marks the opening day of the white-tailed deer rifle…
MONTPELIER — Hunters embarking on their first deer season are encouraged to take advantage of Vermont’s second annual novice weekend.
“I’ve got something for you,” my husband calls from the front door.
The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department is watching for a disease that affects deer, and the state’s deer team leader says Southwestern Vermont is the bull’s-eye for the virus that can kill in a matter of hours.
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I love growing garlic. Here in Vermont, it is best planted in fall because of its need for a dormant period of two months below 40 Fahrenheit degrees. Just as the reality of summer’s end sets in, planting the garlic is like planting the promise of spring. Seeing the little shoots emerge just…
BURLINGTON — Exploring Vermont Dairy Fall 2021, a five-part series offered on Zoom, will introduce youth between the ages of 12 and 18 to a number of different dairy topics, from animal health to use of technology on the farm.
MONTPELIER — Vermont Fish and Wildlife is reminding hunters to wear fluorescent hunter orange.
MONTPELIER — The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, on several changes to Vermont’s Endangered and Threatened Species Rule on behalf of the Agency of Natural Resources.
BENNINGTON — There will be a pair of author events with Vermont mystery writer Archer Mayor coming up in October.
As summer yields to fall, most of the colorful birds that breed in our region during spring and summer head south for warmer locales. The departure of ruby-throated hummingbirds, Baltimore orioles, migratory woodpeckers and numerous warblers doesn’t leave us entirely without striking birds, …
MONTPELIER — The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department is reminding successful bear hunters that a regulation requires them to submit a bear tooth so wildlife managers can collect important information on Vermont’s bear population.
The Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Program is inviting farmers and growers to submit proposals to its Farmer Grant Program.
