Migrations, Natural Destinations

Natural Destinations: Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area

by Cathy Bell (originally posted on vtdigger.org) Every autumn, thousands of snow geese take a break from their 5,000 mile southbound migration to rest and feed at Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area in Addison, Vermont.  Journeying from their breeding grounds on the Arctic tundra to their winter range in the mid-Atlantic and southeastern states, the… Continue reading Natural Destinations: Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area

Natural Destinations

Natural Destinations: Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge

By Danielle Owczarski Far from Burlington, hidden in the low basin of the Nulhegan River in the Northeast Kingdom, awaits a little known National Fish and Wildlife Refuge. The 26,000 acres of refugium established in 1999 encompasses three headwater tributaries to the Nulhegan River, itself a tributary to the 7.2 million acre Connecticut River watershed.… Continue reading Natural Destinations: Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge