We look at the state’s nearly 3,000 moose – how to spot them
and how to avoid them while driving – and we learn about efforts to link the Appalachian and North Country Trails.
A draft of the state’s new big-game plan identifies a number of issues that need to be addressed to maintain the health of Vermont’s bear, deer, moose and wild turkey populations.
Biologists say New England’s moose population is under siege from tiny ticks that have become so
numerous in recent years that biologists are concerned about the long-term
effect on the animals.
Drivers are being
warning to be on the lookout for moose this time of year.
The Vermont Fish
and Wildlife Department says in the spring moose are more likely to cross
roads, especially at night and in the early morning as they move to spring
feeding areas.
Vermont
veterans serving in Iraq
and Afghanistan
have gotten an unexpected benefit from members of the Vermont House – the
opportunity to bag a moose this fall.
School administrators across Vermont have had to deal this
week with some of the frozen beef that the federal government ordered recalled
over the weekend; more…