AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoWildlife Management: Vermont’s four-day antlerless muzzleloader season runs Oct. 29–Nov. 1; hunters need the required licenses and permit, and must report a harvest within 48 hours. Bat Conservation: Fish and Wildlife biologists say education can help protect bats, nearly 6 million of which have died from white-nose syndrome in the Northeast since 2006. Lake Health: UVM researchers identified a rare contagious melanoma in brown bullhead catfish from Lake Memphremagog; about 30% of fish collected across the lake since 2013 had the cancer. Land Use: The Northeast Vermont Development Association approved a regional plan shaped by Act 181, despite residents’ concerns about development rules in rural and environmentally sensitive areas. Lake Champlain: Sea-lamprey control efforts begun in 1990 are linked to a 25% rise in native lake-trout survival and threefold growth in Atlantic salmon returns. Wildfire: Crews dug a firebreak around a brush fire in Stannard’s Steam Mill Brook Wildlife Area; the cause is unknown, and the site will be monitored.
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