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EAST CORINTH — The mid-December snowstorm was a head fake at Northeast Slopes, which bills itself as the “oldest continuously operating ski slope...

WEST LEBANON — Bald eagles are back in the Upper Valley. Once a mainstay of endangered species lists, the raptors can now fly with their beaks held...

The first-ever comprehensive study of Vermont’s bee populations has documented 70 new species — 20% of the species known to exist in Vermont...

The purple crowberry, a small alpine shrub, was last documented in Vermont in 1908 — until hiker Liam Ebner rediscovered it on Mount Mansfield...

WINDSOR — Human interest in wild mushrooms may derive from different origins. Some people may have culinary motives, while others may be foraging...

QUECHEE — A raven sings on a perch above a half-eaten corn cob, close enough that you can hear the clapping sound of the bird’s beak when it snaps...

FAIRLEE — Lake Morey is suffering a cyanobacteria bloom that town officials are calling “the worst in recent memory.” The lake has struggled with...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Vermont farmer Brian Kemp is used to seeing the pastures at Mountain Meadows Farm grow slower in the hot, late summer, but this...