Press Release

The public hearings scheduled for the month of March have been postponed to encourage social distancing and to avoid the spread of COVID-19.

Vermont ice conditions are deteriorating rapidly on lakes throughout the state because of recent warm weather, according to Colonel Jason Batchelder, Vermont’s chief game warden.

Here is a great opportunity to get in some good outdoor exercise and learn about Vermont’s wildlife and the different kinds of habitat they require

Vermont State Game Wardens located a deceased red fox on February 23 off Webster Road in Pomfret, Vermont.

Hunters, landowners and anyone else interested in deer and moose should plan on attending one of the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department public hearings being held in March.

Vermont state law requires that ice fishing shanties be removed from the ice before the ice weakens, according the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department.

The annual hearings will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department

The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department is holding a public meeting on March 18 in Bethel to answer questions and record public comment on the proposed 2020-2030 Big Game Plan.

Hunters, landowners and anyone else interested in deer and moose should plan on attending the Vermont Fish and Wildlife public hearings being held in March.

Hearings set for March 10, Whitehall, NY and March 12, Winooski, VT