During a presentation to Vermont legislators this month, Hinesburg resident Bob Hyams put forth a proposition: the state should start paying landowners to manage beavers on their land.

By Camila Van Order González, via Community News Service, a University of Vermont journalism internship, on assignment for ...

Did you pay attention to the top headlines in Chittenden County this week? Now is the time to test your skills with this week's Free Press news quiz, covering stories from March 2-7. Best of luck!

"The dogs have been obliging," said Jess Wilson, the new executive director of the Humane Society of Chittenden County, who confirmed that several exes have been cut loose like a deuce. Valentine ...

An anti-dam protest at the Mekong School in Chiang Khong, Thailand. Credit: Chiang Khong Conservation In Chiang Khan, a picturesque Thai tourist town bordering the Mekong River, the new year ...

SOUTH BURLINGTON ― The third location of Bliss Bee opens this week, giving diners a healthier take on the fast-food concept. Bliss Bee has chicken sandwiches, burgers and hot dogs and serves ...

But after several relatively mild winters, the foot or more that fell on much of Chittenden County seemed like one of those good old-fashioned doozies. The National Weather Service at the ...

The dam project, drafted in 2018 and based on a former military training site south of Prague, had been delayed by land negotiations. Local beavers built several dams, saving the government more ...

Maine environmental officials pinned an April 2023 train derailment that hospitalized three people and spilled hundreds of gallons of fuel on a beaver dam Wednesday. The train derailment occurred ...

On December 25, 2024, Chinese state media Xinhua reported that the country had officially approved the construction of what will be the world largest hydro-dam with annual capacity of 60 gigawatts ...