Federally threatened orchid discovered in Vermont
Vermont Fish and Wildlife Reports
June 16, 2022
“It’s Vermont’s equivalent of rediscovering the ivory-billed woodpecker.”
Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department
Disease could threaten Vermont’s rabbits, hares
Vermont Fish and Wildlife Reports
April 14, 2021
The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department says a disease affecting rabbits and hares previously found in western states may be moving eastward. Rabbit hemorrhagic disease (RHDV2) is a virus known to be extremely lethal to
Vermont, New Hampshire see record black bear harvests
Associated Press
January 20, 2021
“It was a poor year for natural bear foods, and we saw a surge in hunter numbers brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic and perhaps a corresponding increase in the number of hunters spending more
Giving thanks for turkey … restoration
Associated Press
December 1, 2020
MONTPELIER, Vt. — The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department says one thing to be thankful for this year is the restoration of the wild turkey population in the state. Wild turkeys disappeared from Vermont in
Agency: Record Lake Champlain lake trout a testament to successful sea lamprey control efforts
Vermont Fish and Wildlife Reports
October 14, 2020
The 36.5-inch laker weighed 19.36 pounds, the largest lake trout from Lake Champlain entered in the Record Fish Program since the department started keeping fish records in 1969.
Wildlife officials seek cause of Lake Champlain salmon decline
Associated Press
January 2, 2019
Biologists aren’t sure what’s up, but they are paying attention.
Vermont grapples with too many deer in suburban areas
Associated Press
November 14, 2018
Overcrowding impacting deer health, damaging forests and causing property owners to complain about the animals chomping down their landscaping.
CWD reaches beyond U.S. borders and, for first time, into Quebec
Vermont Fish and Wildlife Reports
September 19, 2018
Wildlife officials in neighboring Vermont on alert after confirmation in a captive red deer herd in the Canadian province.
In Vermont, moose drowns in Lake Champlain as onlookers crowd animal
Associated Press
September 7, 2018
South Hero, Vt. — A moose drowned in Lake Champlain after people crowded around the animal to take its picture, Vermont wildlife officials said. Fish and Wildlife Warden Robert Currier said the moose swam across
