The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department is receiving reports of bears coming out of their dens and is urging Vermonters to ...

Vermont's wildlife officials are telling people to take down birdfeeders because they're already receiving reports of bears ...

THE VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE IS STARTING TO GET REPORTS OF BEARS COMING OUT OF HIBERNATION. NOW, THEY'RE ...

Vermont Business Magazine The restoration of wild turkeys in Vermont is one of the Fish and Wildlife Department’s most ...

Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department and the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board will hold public hearings on deer and moose management for 2026 on March 16, 18 and 19. The ...

MONTPELIER – The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department recently announced that entries are being accepted for the 2026 Vermont Student Fish Art Contest in partnership with Wildlife Forever. The ...

Ice conditions on lakes and ponds across the state are changing fast due to recent warm temperatures and rain. With ...

Black bears are emerging from their dens earlier than usual this year, prompting wildlife officials to urge residents to take down bird feeders immediately. The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department ...

Hidden inside the microscopic structure of the roots of a deer’s front incisors is a record of that deer's life.

The final round of lake trout stocking in Lake Champlain in Spring 2025. Courtesy of the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department A decades-long effort to increase wild lake trout stock has recorded a ...

The Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife’s workload has expanded in recent decades, and costs have risen, while a primary source of revenue — the sale of hunting, trapping and fishing licenses — ...

The recreational trapping season in Vermont begins on October 25 and runs through March 31, 2026. This includes the use of baited steel-jawed leghold traps and body-crushing kill traps, as well as ...