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Interested in hunting, but don’t know how to get started?

Join the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department to meet experienced hunters and other new hunters during the "Learn to Hunt: Mentor Meet-Ups" Program. Learn how to get started hunting and get to know your hunting community. Participants must be 16 years of age or older and purchase a 2020 hunting license.

Interested hunters and mentors can attend one of the two meet-up sessions scheduled for Thursday August 6, 2020 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Kehoe Conservation Camp or Saturday August 8, 2020 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Buck Lake Conservation Camp. Registration is required and space is limited.

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Due to COVID-19 physical distancing measures will be in place. All participants must wear a mask at all times. Masks will not be provided and participants should bring their own.

Join VT Coverts as we welcome Vermont Fish and Wildlife Furbearer Project Specialist Katy Crumley to share strategies about using game cameras.  In this program, Katy will share her experiences with game cameras on VT Fish and Wildlife's American marten and lynx camera projects.  She will provide an overview of camera placement, camera settings, field methods, and data storage.  Following the program participants can ask questions to help improve their game camera experiences.  

Register in advance for this meeting (limited to 100 participants):

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZItcOytqzIrGtZDoRobMUYcKr5WCe…

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Join Vermont Fish & Wildlife and Rooted in Vermont in the Vermont Wild Kitchen!

With spring turkey season upon us, Nicole Meier and Shane Rogers will demonstrate how to cook up a fabulous meal featuring wild turkey and foraged and farm fresh sides.

Tune in through Facebook Live at https://www.facebook.com/RootedinVermont/videos/908724812915460/ and bring your questions and appetites!
 

Join Megan Gordon, Restoration & Ecological Management Fellow, and Gus Goodwin, Senior Conservation Planner as they tell the story of The Nature Conservancy's decade-long effort to bring back the American Elm, an iconic species that once graced our streets and dominated our floodplains. Tune in to learn what makes this tree worthy of such attention and hear about progress on our efforts to restore it. Registration link to come.

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Take a virtual field trip with Lynn McNamara, our Director of Stewardship, as she guides us on a tour of the flooded forests at our Otter Creek Swamps Natural Area. Registration link to come.

Thursday, May 7, 2020 | 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

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The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department, in cooperation with the Vermont Land Ethic Partnership, is offering a new “Connecting to Nature Book Club” to encourage discussion about the many ways people who live in Vermont benefit from and interact with Vermont’s bountiful natural resources.  

The first book will be Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer.  The first book club meeting is on Tuesday, March 24, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Zero Gravity Brewery, 716 Pine St, Burlington, VT 05401. 

This event is free, but there are limited spaces. 

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The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department, in cooperation with the Vermont Land Ethic Partnership, is offering a new “Connecting to Nature Book Club” to encourage discussion about the many ways people who live in Vermont benefit from and interact with Vermont’s bountiful natural resources.  

The first book,  Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer. 
(Two more books and meetings are planned for later in the spring.)

Tuesday, March 24, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Zero Gravity Brewery, 716 Pine St, Burlington, VT 05401. 

This event is free, but there are limited spaces. 

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Date: Tuesday, December 3, 2019
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Zero Gravity Brewery, Burlington | map

The event is free to attend, but audience members must be 21 years of age or older.

The evening will feature four stories from Vermonters about their wild food experiences in state. The storytellers will include an avid hunter and retired Vermont Game Warden, a wild food forager, a backyard sugarmaker, and a newly minted angler.

Following the featured storytellers, audience members will be invited to put their name in a hat to have the opportunity to tell their story about hunting, fishing, or foraging in front of the audience. Each speaker will have around 5 minutes to tell their story.

Join Liz Thompson, Eric Sorenson, and Bob Zaino as they celebrate the brand new edition of their book with a fascinating slide show about Vermont’s natural communities.

When: Tuesday, November 12, 2019 4:15-6:00 pm

Where: George D. Aiken Center, University of Vermont, Room 102

Books will be available for sale, and the authors will be available to sign. Light refreshments will be provided.

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Vermont State Game Wardens are inviting the public, and especially young hunters, to visit their Operation Game Thief mobile exhibit from Noon to 3 p.m. at G. Stone Motors on Route 7 in Middlebury on Sunday, November 10 – the second day of Vermont’s youth deer hunting weekend.

G. Stone Motors and Vermont Field Sports as well as other local businesses are hosting a youth hunting celebration at that time with some lifetime hunting licenses, hats, shirts, and other items plus a free meal for kids. 

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