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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…...
An eagle camera in Vermont delivers ‘a nice little escape from the chaos’
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1446+ words) QUECHEE, Vt. — The eaglet was getting hungry. Nested 100 feet up a white pine tree on the Ottauquechee River, its chirps grew louder and louder as it waited for its parents to deliver food. The 6-week-old bald eagle was all alone....
Vermont Just Banned a Weed Killer That EPA Says Should Not Be Used Around Home Gardens - AOL
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (510+ words) Vermont has become the first U.S. state to ban paraquat, a widely used agricultural weed killer at the center of a long-running health debate. The herbicide is used on crops including soybeans, cotton, corn, apples, and grapes, according to AP. Lawmakers…...
Vermont Just Banned a Weed Killer That EPA Says Should Not Be Used Around Home Gardens
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (515+ words) Vermont has become the first U.S. state to ban paraquat, a widely used agricultural weed killer at the center of a long-running health debate. The herbicide is used on crops including soybeans, cotton, corn, apples, and grapes, according to AP. Lawmakers…...
Vermont is first state to ban toxic herbicide paraquat, as others may follow
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (394+ words) Vermont became the first state to ban the use of the highly toxic herbicide paraquat after Republican Gov. Phil Scott signed Democratic-sponsored legislation last month. Vermont’s new law bans the sale or use of paraquat without explicit approval from the…...
Vermont becomes first US state to ban paraquat herbicide over Parkinson’s fears
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (781+ words) Lawmakers cite studies linking weedkiller to Parkinson’s as pressure mounts for a wider US ban Vermont is the first US state to ban the weedkilling pesticide paraquat, backed by lawmakers who cited concerns about research showing the chemical substantially increases…...
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…...
Two of the most dangerous animals in the world can be found in Vermont
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (565+ words) Though, they can actually be found most places. The Green Mountain State may no longer be home to catamounts (for now), but there are other potentially dangerous animals to look out for. According to BBC’s Science Focus Magazine, mosquitos and…...
Free Vermont Rivers releases dam mapper tool
5+ mon, 2+ day ago (867+ words) The dam tracking tool, the Vermont Dam Mapper, takes the form of an online information dashboard and associated story maps, is hosted by VNRC and the Dam Task Force’s FreeVTRivers project website. The... Free Vermont Rivers releases dam mapper tool…...
Dive into summer: Volunteers needed to monitor Vermont’s lakes and ponds
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (410+ words) The Lay Monitoring Program provides training to measure water clarity using a Secchi disk and report cyanobacteria observations. MONTPELIER — This summer, the Vermont Lakes and Ponds Program is seeking volunteers to help monitor and collect information about lakes and ponds…...