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New wildlife law protects against wanton waste
Many cruel and unethical practices occur in Vermont’s fields and forests during hunting and trapping seasons, but you’ll never hear about them from Vermont Fish & Wildlife. Thankfully, watchdog groups like Protect Our Wildlife shed light on the most egregious, cruel and wanton acts of violence against wild animals in Vermont. One such act occurred in New Haven, Vermont this past March when two men went on a killing spree, dispatching over 41 muskrats for fun.
With road repair materials in demand, Vermont turns to local producers
Hinesburg’s flooding damage was significant, washing out a number of roads. Its partnership with a local gravel company saved time and worry. Read the story on VTDigger here: With road repair materials in demand, Vermont turns to local producers.
‘Making Our Communities What They Need to Be’
In Middlebury, Vermont, the largest town in rural Addison County, 46-year-old Jeremy Rathbun is one of those public servants. He grew up on a local dairy farm, went to college and worked as an engineering contractor out of state, and then joined the town’s Public Works Department which serves the town’s 9,152 local residents along with the students, faculty, and staff of Middlebury College, a 224-year-old private liberal arts college long known for its writers’ conferences and language schools, and more recently, thanks to Bill McKibben, its environmental activism.
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