Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife fisheries biologist Bernie Pientka holds up a wild juvenile lake trout during a population survey on Lake Champlain. Hatchery fish have clipped fins, but wild ...

Now, the department is pursuing a financial restructuring and plans to push for a new license that would be required for ...

SPRINGFIELD, Vt. (ABC22/FOX44) – Each year, Vermont wildlife staff raise salmon, walleye, and trout at five hatcheries around the state. And each year, they go out to area lakes and stock them with ...

It isn't the guarantee of a stringer of fish that pulls the typical Vermont angler out on the opening day of trout season. Rather, it's the "opportunity" to get out there, the chance to shake your ...

An aerial view of strategic wood addition work on the Waits River in Groton State Forest. Photo courtesy of Jud Kratzer, Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department. ORANGE — On a mid-June afternoon, the Waits ...