The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department and the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board will hold public hearings on deer and moose ...

The restoration of wild turkeys in Vermont stands as one of the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department's most notable wildlife ...

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

The 2026 Moose Harvest Recommendation is available on Vermont Fish and Wildlife’s website. From the Home page, click on Hunt and then Moose. Comments may be provided until March 31 by emailing ...

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 ...

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 ...

RUTLAND — Vermont Fish and Wildlife announced a Freshwater Drum caught in 2025 has been officially certified as a new Vermont state record.

Vermont Fish and Wildlife today announced this week that Freshwater Drum caught by 10-year-old Grayson Carey of Colchester in 2025 has been officially certified as a new Vermont state record. The ...

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 ...

VTF&W photo by Tom Rogers: Hikers and climbers can help nesting peregrine falcons by avoiding several Vermont cliff areas ...

Joey Davis spends much of his time in the woods of the Northeast Kingdom. He guides moose hunts, and in the spring he combs ...

For the fourth year in a row, the number of black bears in Vermont far outpaced what the state considers an ideal population size. Last year, the state had an estimated 6,800 to 8,000 bears, nearly ...