Public Meeting

The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department and the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board are accepting public comment and is holding public hearings on new proposed regulations for trapping and for hunting coyotes with the aid of dogs.  

Date: Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Time: 6:30-8:30 pm.
Location: Montpelier High School, 5 High School Drive, Montpelier VT | map

Read the timeline and proposed regulations under the furbearer rule 

Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities are available upon request. Please include a description of the accommodation you will need. Individuals making such requests must include their contact information. Requests should be made as early as possible, for example an interpreter must be requested at least two weeks in advance, if possible. Please send an e-mail to: fwinformation@vermont.gov or call the office staff at 802-828-1454.

You must provide 48 hours of cancellation notice before the event, if the accommodation is no longer needed.

The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department and the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board are accepting public comment and is holding public hearings on new proposed regulations for trapping and for hunting coyotes with the aid of dogs.  

Date: Tuesday, June 20, 2023
Time: 6:30-8:30 pm.
Location: Rutland Middle School, 67 Library Avenue, Rutland VT | map

Read the timeline and proposed regulations under the furbearer rule 

Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities are available upon request. Please include a description of the accommodation you will need. Individuals making such requests must include their contact information. Requests should be made as early as possible, for example an interpreter must be requested at least two weeks in advance, if possible. Please send an e-mail to: fwinformation@vermont.gov or call the office staff at 802-828-1454.

You must provide 48 hours of cancellation notice before the event, if the accommodation is no longer needed.

The Vermont State Game Warden Service will be holding three public information meetings this month to raise awareness about updated recruitment criteria for becoming a State Game Warden. 

Public information meetings on the updated recruitment criteria will be held at:

• the Barre Fish and Game Club, Gun Club Road, Barre, VT 05641, from 6-8 pm on April 18
• the Orvis Store, 4180 Main Street, Manchester, VT 05254, from 6-8 pm on April 20

An online information meeting will be held on April 19 from 6-8 pm on Microsoft Teams, at the following web address: https://tinyurl.com/wardenserviceonlinemeeting

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The Vermont State Game Warden Service will be holding three public information meetings this month to raise awareness about updated recruitment criteria for becoming a State Game Warden. 

Public information meetings on the updated recruitment criteria will be held at:

• the Barre Fish and Game Club, Gun Club Road, Barre, VT 05641, from 6-8 pm on April 18
• the Orvis Store, 4180 Main Street, Manchester, VT 05254, from 6-8 pm on April 20

An online information meeting will be held on April 19 from 6-8 pm on Microsoft Teams, at the following web address: https://tinyurl.com/wardenserviceonlinemeeting

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The Vermont State Game Warden Service will be holding three public information meetings this month to raise awareness about updated recruitment criteria for becoming a State Game Warden. 

Public information meetings on the updated recruitment criteria will be held at:

• the Barre Fish and Game Club, Gun Club Road, Barre, VT 05641, from 6-8 pm on April 18
• the Orvis Store, 4180 Main Street, Manchester, VT 05254, from 6-8 pm on April 20

An online information meeting will be held on April 19 from 6-8 pm on Microsoft Teams, at the following web address: https://tinyurl.com/wardenserviceonlinemeeting

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Where: Montpelier High School – 5 High School Drive, Montpelier | map

When: May 17, 2023. Meeting starts at 6:30 PM

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When: May 9, 2023. Meeting starts at 6:30 PM

Where: Middlebury Union Middle School – 48 Deerfield Lane, Middlebury | map

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A virtual public hearing on revisions made to the Baitfish Rule. 

Date: Thursday, May 11, 2023 | 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

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Overview of Revisions

The amendments to the rule include a technical correction to the terminology that describes those waters where the use and transport of bait is restricted, for greater accuracy. Note that the technical correction does not change the meaning of the rule. 

The amended rule also updates the list of waters where baitfish are not allowed to be used and reflects updates from biologists on waterbodies where a pond trout fishery is being sustained. 

Beck Pond, Newark; Cary Pond, Walden; Lake Pleiad, Hancock; Mud Pond, Hyde Park; and West Mountain Pond, Maidstone were added to the list of waters where bait is not allowed. The use of baitfish on these waters could undermine the trout fisheries. 

The rule is also amended to allow bait on McIntosh Pond, Royalton because there is no sustainable trout fishery there.  

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In-person public hearing on revisions made to the Baitfish Rule. 

Date: Wednesday, May 10, 2023 | 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Location: ANR Annex, Street Address: 190 Junction Rd, Berlin, VT 05602 | map

Overview of Revisions

The amendments to the rule include a technical correction to the terminology that describes those waters where the use and transport of bait is restricted, for greater accuracy. Note that the technical correction does not change the meaning of the rule. 

The amended rule also updates the list of waters where baitfish are not allowed to be used and reflects updates from biologists on waterbodies where a pond trout fishery is being sustained. 

Beck Pond, Newark; Cary Pond, Walden; Lake Pleiad, Hancock; Mud Pond, Hyde Park; and West Mountain Pond, Maidstone were added to the list of waters where bait is not allowed. The use of baitfish on these waters could undermine the trout fisheries. 

The rule is also amended to allow bait on McIntosh Pond, Royalton because there is no sustainable trout fishery there.  

Read the Baitfish Rule

Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities are available upon request. Please include a description of the accommodation you will need. Individuals making such requests must include their contact information. Requests should be made as early as possible, for example an interpreter must be requested at least two weeks in advance, if possible. Please send an e-mail to: fwinformation@vermont.gov or call the office staff at 802-828-1454.

You must provide 48 hours of cancellation notice before the event, if the accommodation is no longer needed.

The Lake Champlain Fish and Wildlife Management Cooperative—a working group of fisheries professionals from the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service—will host a State of the Lake meeting for anglers and other individuals interested in the fisheries of Lake Champlain.

Where: SUNY Plattsburgh Hudson Hall, Lecture Room 106 | 317 Hudson Hall, Plattsburgh, NY 12901 (map)
When: Saturday, March 25, 9:00am - 1:00pm 
 

Information will be provided on restoration, research, assessment, and other work that has been accomplished over the past year, as well as work planned for the coming year.  Species to be discussed include lake trout, landlocked Atlantic salmon, sea lamprey, muskellunge, walleye and bass.

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