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May

2023

The Warden is Watching

Author: Spencer Como
 The Warden is Watching By Spencer Como     Last January, Backcountry Hunters and Anglers Armed Force Initiative held a leadership camp outside the Parker River Wildlife Refuge in Massachusetts. Located on Plum Island, roughly 45 minutes north of Boston. Outside the refuge are several thousands of acres of public land mixed between town, state, and federal land spread across the Great Marsh. The camp gave AFI leaders in the Northeast the knowledge to create similar events and connect with ...
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Apr

2022

Lizards' Paradise

Author: Spencer Como
Last month, the Castleton Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Club worked with the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department to restore five-lined skink habitat on Vermont public lands. This project was supported by a grant the club received last fall through BHA's Public Land Owner Stewardship Fund. The five-lined skink, a threatened species in Vermont, is the only lizard species in the state. Unfortunately, this rare cold-blooded vertebrate is only reported to exist in a few towns in the state ...
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Apr

2021

Castleton BHA Completes Stewardship Project at Otter Creek

Author: Spencer Como
Castleton University BHA hosted a restoration project at Otter Creek Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Mount Tabor Vermont on April 10th with wild success. We had a great turnout of 14 volunteers including two Vermont Fish & Wildlife biologists. We could not have asked for better weather--sunny and 75 was very unusual for Vermont in early April. Over the course of 6 hours, volunteers were able to remove 3,000 yards of barbed wire from the woods. This wire was full of hair tuffs and dried ...
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