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MONTPELIER — Vermont’s trout fishing season opens Saturday, April 8.
It is a question I face each year as March winds into April: when to take down the bird feeder. Our avian feeding station is basic: a single run-of-the-mill hopper, which I fill with a local mix of seed that seems to keep the winter flocks of chickadees and nuthatches happy. Occasionally, a …
Quite a cast: Arlington prepares to host angling enthusiasts for 2nd Battenkill Fly Fishing Festival
ARLINGTON — As the Green Mountain State finishes up thawing out from an unpredictable winter, there’s one thing at the forefront of many Vermonters’ minds, and that’s getting back out on their body of water of choice for some relaxation, nature appreciation and — of course — fishing.
MONTPELIER — Anyone thinking of violating Vermont’s fish and wildlife laws needs to keep in mind that they cannot just hunt, fish or trap in another state if their licenses are revoked here. Vermont is one of 48 states belonging to the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact, which recognizes f…
BENNINGTON — Just two weeks after holding a landmark leadership summit for public health and safety attended by Gov. Phil Scott, Bennington College will host U.S. Sen. Peter Welch in the very same building for a town hall-style meeting on April 4.
MONTPELIER — The Vermont Farm to School & Early Childhood Network works to educate and engage children and young adults on the connections that exist between agriculture, nutrition, community and health.
MONTPELIER — During the spring fish spawning season, the Department of Environmental Conservation wants to remind Vermonters that permitted lake encroachment construction projects (like shoreline stabilization or projects that disturb the lakebed) in public lakes and ponds are typically not …
NORWICH — The Vermont Center for Ecostudies is recruiting volunteers to help search fields and fens, mountains and meadows, and even their own backyards to help document the status of Vermont’s butterflies.
Blueberries are a popular backyard fruit. Once established, they will provide lots of delicious, healthy berries for many decades with proper care.
Among the very earliest signs of spring are the strange caterwauls of the barred owls that haunt our woods: “Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you all?” Their hooted conversations, thrown back and forth through forests all over New England, signal the territory disputes, nest-site advertiseme…
MONTPELIER — If you would like to learn how to effectively hunt wild turkey gobblers in the upcoming spring hunting season, consider attending the turkey hunting seminars being offered by the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department and volunteer instructors on April 1 and April 19.
BURLINGTON — To be named the Vermont Dairy Farm of the Year is an honor, one befitting a dairy operation that excels in many areas, from sustainable management practices and quality milk production to environmental stewardship and ongoing commitment to promoting the dairy industry.
Wood ashes are a surprisingly useful byproduct of winter heating. In addition to household uses, such as making soap or adding traction to driveways, wood ashes can be used to amend your garden and lawn soils.
With spring creeping closer, our year-round avian residents like cardinals and titmice are already raising their voices. But there’s more than one way to make music, and birds have evolved means for using everything at their disposal to fill our forests with whistles, twitters, and booms – n…
Every morning I go out to the glade outside my windows and leave piles of sunflower seeds in the snow. I call the resulting display of birds and squirrels my winter garden. Each year, the seeds produce a slightly different mix. I always have blue jays, woodpeckers, mourning doves, chickadees…
MONTPELIER — With the spring construction season ahead, the Department of Environmental Conservation is reminding Vermonters about additional requirements to help protect the state’s waterways.
MONTPELIER — The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department has begun to receive reports of bears coming out of their dens as the weather warms.
BRATTLEBORO — Vermont continues to lead the nation by a commanding margin as the top maple-producing state.
Ask a farmer, “When should I prune my apple trees?” and you will most likely hear, “March.” That’s an old tradition — but not because it is the only time to prune. You can prune any time. But March is a month on a farm when not so much is happening outdoors, and farmers have time to prune th…
MENDON — Two prominent cliff sites on the Green Mountain National Forest’s Rochester and Middlebury Ranger Districts are once again temporarily closed to protect critical nesting habitat for peregrine falcons.
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BENNINGTON — Welcome back, April Career Month.
BENNINGTON — Just two weeks after holding a landmark leadership summit for public health and…