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Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Fish and Wildlife is asking drivers to slow down and be cautious when travelling at night in early spring or to take alternate routes to avoid driving roads near wetlands and ponds that salamanders and frogs cross during their breeding season.
Vermont Business Magazine If you are an avid Lake Champlain angler or someone who would like to learn more about the vast array of fish species that live in Lake Champlain, be sure to reserve March 23 to attend a meeting with fisheries biologists in Essex, New York. The Lake Champlain Fish and Wildlife Management Cooperative -- a working group of fisheries professionals fr
Vermont Business Magazine Hiking Vermont’s hillsides is a great way to enjoy a spring day, but the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department and Audubon Vermont recommend people check to see if the area they are planning to hike or climb is open. In addition to trail closures to reduce impacts during mud season, several cliff areas are also closed to protect nesting peregrine
Vermont Business Magazine Taiga Motors Corporation (TSX: TAIG), a global leader in the electrification of powersports based in Montreal, has announced that it is now a supplier of electric snowmobiles for Alterra Mountain Company.
Vermont Business Magazine Farmers who had been denied federal loans won only 17 percent of appeals in the USDA’s National Appeals Division, according to new analysis by the Center for Agriculture and Food Systems at Vermont Law and Graduate School, with partners Farm Aid and the Rural Advancement Foundation International.
Vermont Business Magazine US Senators Peter Welch (D-Vermont) and Angus King (I-Maine) have introduced the Advancing Grid-Enhancing Technologies (GETs) Act, legislation to boost investments in grid-enhancing technologies (GETs), a type of transmission technology that expands capacity of existing transmission infrastructure.
Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Natural Resources Council (VNRC) and the Preservation Trust of Vermont (PTV) are pleased to announce the award of a $5,000 grant to the Town of Waitsfield’s Community Wastewater Project as part of the Small Grants for Smart Growth special round of funding.
Vermont Business Magazine Today, the House gave final approval to H.766, a bill that creates greater access for patients to see health care providers and supports providers by removing many of the bureaucratic barriers they face every day. Today’s final vote passed unanimously with a 137-0 vote. From here, the bill moves to the Senate.
Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott announced action on the following bills, passed by the General Assembly. H.516, An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the City of Essex Junction; H.839, An act relating to fiscal year 2024 budget adjustments.
Vermont Business Magazine Following a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in late-February, US Senator Peter Welch (D-Vermont) submitted written questions for the record for Bureau of Prisons Director Collette Peters, continuing to push the Director on why Vermont remains one of only two states without a Residential Reentry Center (RRC) despite the support from the Vermont Congr
Vermont Business Magazine Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), will lead the committee in a hearing this Thursday, March 14 at 10:00 a.m. ET titled “Workers Should Benefit from New Technology and Increased Productivity: The Need for a 32-Hour Work Week with No Loss in Pay.”
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont State Police arrested a suspect in connection with two suspicious deaths discovered Tuesday, March 12, 2024, in the village of Orleans. Cirell Brown, 23, of Orleans is facing two counts of second-degree murder. He was held without bail pending arraignment, scheduled for 1 p.m.