Outdoors
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.
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.
Noted landscape consultant Dan Jaffe Wilder will present a virtual four-hour workshop, Oct. 16, on building resilient home landscapes with native plants.
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MONTPELIER — Drivers need to be alert and cautious because moose are on the move, according to the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department. Moose are more likely to be crossi ng roadways at this time of year, especially after dark or early in the morning because this is breeding season for moose.
The grackle appeared early last spring, the day before I put the feeder away (so as not to tempt the bears who would soon be awakening from their winter dens). In the dim light of a cloudy day, this avian visitor seemed at first to be just another blackbird, on the larger side, perhaps, and …
A youngster’s first hunt can mark the beginning of a lifelong passion for the outdoors and a commitment to wildlife conservation. There is no finer time to begin this journey than during Vermont’s upcoming youth waterfowl hunting weekend on September 25 and 26.
The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department is seeking volunteers to become ‘Let’s Go Fishing’ instructors to pass on Vermont’s fishing tradition to the next generation of Vermonters. The department will be hosting a one-day training workshop for new instructors on Saturday, September 25, at it…
I put the small brown ant I had mounted (but never identified) under a microscope and peered down at it. Two huge, headlight-like eyes stared back at me. That couldn’t be right; ants don’t have eyes that size and shape. I took the specimen to my professor, who initially waved me off with, “I…
Hunters traveling outside Vermont to hunt deer or elk need to keep in mind that a regulation designed to protect Vermont’s wild deer from chronic wasting disease remains in effect, according to a reminder from the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department.
The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department is monitoring an ongoing event of bird deaths in mid-Atlantic and midwestern states.
Hikers climbing the Northeast’s highest peaks will traverse several different vegetative zones along the way. On the summits, they’ll likely encounter plants so hardy that many also grow in the Arctic, thousands of miles to the north.
