February 13, 2013

Visitors planning camping trips to South Dakota state parks and recreation areas will notice changes when reserving campsites this year.

Winter winds are blowing, but it’s already time to make summer camp plans for the kids. Barry Conservation Camp in Milan, N.H., is a place where kids can have fun while getting outdoors and active.

The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department and The Nature Conservancy have partnered to conserve a parcel of land that connects two separate units of the Mud Creek Wildlife Management Area and protects a 4-mile contiguous stretch of wetland from Ransoms Bay of Lake Champlain to the Canadian border.

If you are 12 to 14 years old and want to learn about Vermont’s wildlife and gain outdoor skills next summer, consider attending one of the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department’s Green Mountain Conservation Camps.

A Conservation Officer with Fish and Game for the past 12 years, Eastman was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant and assumed his new duties on January 11, 2013.