Press Releases

Only 100 permits to hunt coyotes with dogs will be issued.

Every year we should strive to be the safest we can be by wearing at least a hunter orange hat and vest

Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department reminds hunters that the sale of bear paws and internal organs of bears is prohibited by a new law.

The department recommends that squirrel hunters wear a blaze orange vest or hat anytime they are afield.

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal disease that affects the brain and nervous system of deer, elk and moose. 

Vermont is on the southernmost edge of the Canada lynx’s range.

Hunters must collect and submit a pre-molar tooth from the bear at the time the bear is reported.

There are many factors that influence a bear population

Controlled goose hunting at Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area will be by lottery drawing

Hikers and rock climbers can return to Vermont cliffs now that peregrine falcon nesting season has ended.