Install
Vermont's largest newsroom. Reporting on Vermont business, politics, the environment, public policy and more since 2009.
- 1,666articles · 365d
- 2+ day agolatest article
- Sep 14, 2025earliest in window
- 95%with images
- 357avg words
- Politics 713
- News 477
- Politics2 435
- Law & Government 320
- Crime, Law & Justice 250
- Crime & Law 247
- Health & Wellness 169
- Sensitive Subjects 169
Please confirm you are human
This browser or connection looks automated. Press and continuously hold the control for 3 seconds to enable Google-hosted web results and, when separately allowed, AI-assisted answers.
A successful check enables 100 search requests. Interactive access does not authorize scraping, systematic collection, or reuse of search output.
News
Rod Coronado: A fed bear is a dead bear. Vermont's hunting lobby didn't get the memo.
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (360+ words) This commentary is by Rod Coronado, the Wildlife Programs Director for Sage Mountain Botanical Sanctuary and the state director of Vermont Wildlife Patrol. Like many Vermonters, I live in forested mountainous terrain that black bears love. Every spring, I enjoy…...
Vernon community and the state grapple with potential redevelopment of Vermont Yankee site
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (752+ words) After 40 years in operation, the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station in Vernon shuttered in 2014, leaving over 100,000 tons of nuclear waste. More than a decade later, the developer that holds the lease, PowerTransitions, is in the midst of envisioning the site’s…...
In rural Vermont, a pioneer of beaver coexistence continues his life’s work
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (842+ words) MORRISTOWN — Skip Lisle stands atop a beaver dam, grabbing sticks and tossing them over his shoulder. In chest-high waders, he slowly opens a hole in the middle of the dam, and water rushes through. Lisle might just be the biggest…...
Solar array gone awry: Vermont probes solar development owner about broken solar panels in Shaftsbury
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (831+ words) High winds in October and March blew down a large number of solar panels in a field in Shaftsbury, and now regulators are looking into the potential environmental impact from the damaged panels. In a recent filing to the Public…...
Don't lock up Vermont's working forests in the name of conservation
5+ mon, 4+ day ago (377+ words) This commentary is by Jonathan Wood, a private consulting forester who previously served as the Vermont secretary of natural resources. Jonathan Leibowitz’s recent commentary for VTDigger, suggesting “Vermont’s forests are wildly out of balance, is one that should concern all…...
Jonathan Leibowitz: Vermont's forests are wildly out of balance
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (281+ words) This commentary is by Jonathan Leibowitz, president and CEO of Northeast Wilderness Trust, a Montpelier-based regional land trust that focuses on wilderness conservation. Whether you find solace in the woods on a mountain bike, on foot, with a rifle or…...
Alana Stevenson: In Vermont, it’s easier to kill wildlife than to help it
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (665+ words) Support reporting that keeps Vermonters informed and engaged in our communities. Historically, state fish and wildlife agencies developed alongside hunting and trapping to eliminate predators for ranchers. The fundamental mission of state wildlife agencies is not animal welfare — it is…...
A farmer breeds seeds to withstand Vermont’s unpredictable weather
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (769+ words) Support reporting that keeps Vermonters informed and engaged in our communities. Indi Rose is a reporter with the Community News Service, part of the University of Vermont’s Reporting & Documentary Storytelling program. In a state better known for maples than melons,…...
Opinion — Andrea Colnes: What does conservation mean in Vermont?
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (260+ words) Letters to the editor are brief reader responses to stories and opinion pieces published by VTDigger. Letters give voice to community members and do not represent VTDigger’s views. To submit a letter, follow the instructions here. In his recent commentary,…...
Vermont legislators hear the benefits — and costs — of road crossings for wildlife
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (1091+ words) “What you see on screen is really my worst nightmare,” Jens Hawkins-Hilke, a planner at Vermont’s Department of Fish and Wildlife, told the House Transportation Committee on Friday. “A foggy road, a large moose and a vehicle moving very quickly....