Trees and shrubs along the areas bordering streams, lakes, and wetlands benefit both wildlife and people. Learn how Vermont Fish & Wildlife dept. biologists work to improve this habitat with strategic wood additions. | Vermont Fish & Wildlife
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Trees and shrubs along the areas bordering streams, lakes, and wetlands benefit both wildlife and people. Learn how Vermont Fish & Wildlife dept. biologists work to improve this habitat with strategic wood additions. | Vermont Fish & Wildlife
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Always wanted to Fish Vermont? Follow some simple steps to get out there, enjoying the fresh air and beautiful scenery going fishing offers. | Vermont Fish & Wildlife
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Always wanted to Fish Vermont? Follow some simple steps to get out there, enjoying the fresh air and beautiful scenery going fishing offers. | Vermont Fish & Wildlife
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Asian jellyfish in Vermont lakes? How they got there and why scientists are watching
Asian jellyfish in Vermont lakes? How they got there and why scientists are watching
Jun 25, 2021
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With their vibrant colors and feisty nature, landing a sunfish is a fun experience for anglers of all ages. Whether you’re casting from a boat or shoreline, these curious fish are eager to bite, making for an exciting day on the water. Sunfish include pumpkinseed, bluegill, crappie and rock bass. Catching sunfish can be super simple. Here are our tips. Use light tackle and small hooks as these fish have small mouths. Wriggling live bait like worms or crickets is particularly effective in attract
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With their vibrant colors and feisty nature, landing a sunfish is a fun experience for anglers of all ages. Whether you’re casting from a boat or shoreline, these curious fish are eager to bite, making for an exciting day on the water. Sunfish include pumpkinseed, bluegill, crappie and rock bass. Catching sunfish can be super simple. Here are our tips. Use light tackle and small hooks as these fish have small mouths. Wriggling live bait like worms or crickets is particularly effective in attract
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Pick up a daily, weekly, or annual license and explore the benefits of fishing. Kids always fish free! | Vermont Fish & Wildlife
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Pick up a daily, weekly, or annual license and explore the benefits of fishing. Kids always fish free! | Vermont Fish & Wildlife
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It's spawning season at Vermont's five fish culture stations! Each year we raise more than a million fish for angling opportunities and native species restoration. And each year it all begins with the egg collection process from broodstock fish, the special class of mature salmon, trout, and walleye who we carefully collect eggs from before returning safely to the hatchery or the wild. Broodstock all play the same role, but not all broodstock are the same. Wild broodstock are those fish that are
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It's spawning season at Vermont's five fish culture stations! Each year we raise more than a million fish for angling opportunities and native species restoration. And each year it all begins with the egg collection process from broodstock fish, the special class of mature salmon, trout, and walleye who we carefully collect eggs from before returning safely to the hatchery or the wild. Broodstock all play the same role, but not all broodstock are the same. Wild broodstock are those fish that are
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🐟 YOU'RE WATCHING FISH HISTORY BEING MADE! 🐟 These yearling lake trout are part of the last "class" of lakers raised in our hatcheries and released into Lake Champlain... if all goes well, forever! Why are we stopping stocking? Because Lake Champlain's native lake trout are officially recovered! After seven decades of stocking by Vermont and New York state fish hatcheries, plus cutting-edge science from area universities and diligent invasive sea lamprey control led by federal partners, we've
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🐟 YOU'RE WATCHING FISH HISTORY BEING MADE! 🐟 These yearling lake trout are part of the last "class" of lakers raised in our hatcheries and released into Lake Champlain... if all goes well, forever! Why are we stopping stocking? Because Lake Champlain's native lake trout are officially recovered! After seven decades of stocking by Vermont and New York state fish hatcheries, plus cutting-edge science from area universities and diligent invasive sea lamprey control led by federal partners, we've
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Vermont Fish and Wildlife stocks southern VT lakes with hatchery-raised trout
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Did you know? Sea lamprey are anadromous and play a critical role in cycling important marine nutrients into freshwater ecosytems. Maintaining fish passage is crucial to sea lamprey migrations. Not to be confused with the non-native sea lamprey controlled as a nuisance species in Lake Champlain! Read more: https://vtfishandwildlife.com/newsroom/public-reminded-to-not-disturb-spawning-sea-lamprey-in-connecticut-river-drainage-0 | Vermont Fish & Wildlife
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Vermont Fish & Wildlife's spawning operations at the Ed Weed Fish Culture Station in Grand Isle are helping to restore Lake Champlain’s landlocked Atlantic salmon population. | Stuck in Vermont
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Results are in, and it was a pretty darn good year in terms of the hard mast crop! Our biologists found that acorn production was fair to good in much of the state, with a few pockets of crop failure. Those were balanced out, though, by some honest to goodness bumper crops like the one in this video from Rutland County! The real news, though, is that it was more or less a beech nut bonanza this year. We had an *excellent* beech nut crop in most areas of the state, with Southern Vermont leading t
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Did you know you can support biodiversity conservation efforts right here in Vermont while you file your taxes? It's true! When you choose the Nongame Wildlife Fund Checkoff on your Vermont state income tax form, your donation goes directly to on-the-ground conservation and restoration work that is essential to some of Vermont's most at-risk species, from bumblebees to butterflies, wildflowers to mammals, and even lake sturgeons, like the ones seen here. What does your donation to the Nongame Wi
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In this video, you'll see us using a new system of transporting fish through tubing rather than buckets. Eliminating bucket stocking and using this method was successful and had the added benefit of being able to see the fish traveling through the clear tubing into the river. Here, steelhead are being stocked for sportfish restoration in Central Vermont. These are about 7-8 inches in length and came from the Ed Weed Fish Culture Station in Grand Isle. Find more fish stocking info at: https://vtf
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It’s August. It’s hot. It’s humid. It’s the dog days of summer. The fish are cranky, and you might be too (from either being hot, or not catching fish…or both 😊). In a lot of ways, fish aren’t much different than us in these conditions – they’re looking for a cool place to chill. And so, if you’re a fish, that means heading deep. If you’re an angler, you should be doing the same with your lure or bait. Get it down just a little deeper, beyond the direct effects of the sun and that warm upper la
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📢 Calling all friends of wildlife! The 2026 Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department Calendar has arrived! 📢 Ok, so maybe it's not quite as big a deal as the start of deer season or spring migration, but we're still very excited to announce that this new edition of the calendar is chock full of beautiful images by talented local photographers of some of the state's fauna, including a gray tree frog, wild turkey gobbler and snowy owl. Additionally, each month conveniently lists helpful hunting, fishi
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Trout season in Vermont starts this Saturday April 13th, and fisheries biologist Shawn Good has you covered for opening weekend tips. Tight lines! | Vermont Fish & Wildlife
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It's time to go fishing! | Vermont Fish & Wildlife
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The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department acknowledges that trapping is NOT needed to manage populations, reduce the spread of disease like rabies and mange, or to reduce conflicts with humans. Despite that, they continue to endorse trapping due to pressure from the trapping community that is backed by well-funded, out of state organizations. The Department desperately attempts to convince the public that traps don't hurt by setting traps off on their own hands using rigged traps or while wearing t
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Vermont fish hatchery leads Northeast in fish health education
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Help our threatened and endangered species by supporting the Nongame Wildlife Fund on your income tax return. | Vermont Fish & Wildlife
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We've had a cold start to winter and lakes and ponds across the state are starting to freeze. Before ice fishing season gets too far underway, here's State Game Warden Lt. Scott with a few important ice safety tips. Be safe, have fun, and have a great ice fishing season! 🎣 | Vermont Fish & Wildlife
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As winter winds down, fish activity picks up, as they start feeding in preparation for the spring spawning season. But this time of year also means changing ice conditions, and so safety is key when going out on the ice. Always check ice thickness and strength, bring safety gear, and pick the right spots before heading out. Stay safe & tight lines! #FishVermont #IceSafety #IceFishing #LateIce #CheckTheIce #StaySafe | Vermont Fish & Wildlife
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Trout season is open in Vermont, and things are going to get better this week as temps heat up! Warden Wes Butler gives his tips on early season trout fishing. | Vermont Fish & Wildlife
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And now for part 2! ❄️ Ever wonder why cloudy gray ice from ponds that have frozen, thawed, and refrozen, is weaker than clear black ice? It’s because the re-frozen stuff has a lot of air bubbles, imperfections, and layers of different consistencies. Sometimes, you’ll even find hollow bits and channels where liquid water flowed over the top of an ice sheet and refroze. You can see all that sketchy stuff in this auger hole through about six and a half inches of ice on a pond that had frozen up ni
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New fishing regulations go into effect in Vermont this New Year's Day
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Yes, our How to Fish Video Series continues in anticipation of Vermont's Annual Free Fishing Day (Saturday, June 12, 2021)! Vermont has abundant and diverse fishing opportunities around the state, and chances are there's some great fishing local to you. The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department has several tools that can help you learn about fishing opportunities and find new places to try. This video shows you how to use some of these tools that can be found on the department's website, as well as
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Scent-sational! Take a look at these fisher that all decided to stop and scent mark the same tree stump. Like all members of the weasel family, fisher produce a strong, musky fluid that they will use to mark their territory and/or attract potential mates. Thank you to Bob Etzweiler for sending us this captivating footage! | Vermont Fish & Wildlife
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How's this for a big fish story: Nearly extinct Vermont species making quite a comeback
Nov 3, 2022
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Welcome to Day 2 of Walleye Week! From egg collection efforts in the field, to hatchery production, stocking practices, and population surveys and assessments, department fisheries management and hatchery staff work hard to improve our walleye population and fishing opportunities. Today we take you behind the scenes in the field, hatchery, and laboratory to show you how biologists monitor and assess the success of our walleye stocking program. Each spring, department fisheries biologists collect
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Autumn is a busy time of year for wildlife! While we’re snuggling up inside, animals are intensely preparing for the winter ahead. Many species are triggered by the shortening days to gather more food, find mates, migrate, or hibernate. These trail camera videos were taken in October 2023 and show just how active animals are this time of year. 🎥: Adriane Mason & Joshua Morse | Vermont Fish & Wildlife
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