Vermont
Hunting ‘antlerless’ deer to control overpopulation in Vermont
Vermont plans to permit hunters to take extra antlerless deer this fall to manage the state’s deer inhabitants.
White-tailed deer have been rising over time to the purpose the place the habitat can not maintain them and their bodily situation has been affected, Vermont’s Fish & Wildlife Division detailed in a doc about this 12 months’s proposed deer searching rules.
Coupled with a light winter, the service expects extra deer this 12 months and has discovered some success regulating the inhabitants with increasing searching to incorporate does and younger deer.
The state’s objective is a harvest of seven,121 antlerless deer in 2022, which features a harvest of three,107 antlerless deer throughout the muzzleloader seasons this fall and winter along with the archery and youth/novice searching seasons. The state plans to situation 19,400 antlerless permits this 12 months.
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The group can discover out extra in regards to the proposal and specific their ideas at hearings scheduled for six:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Thursday, Could 12, on the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Division workplaces at 111 West St., Essex Junction. Or, the general public can electronic mail their ideas to ANR.FWPublicComment@vermont.gov by Could 14.
How and the place deer are most affected by overpopulation in Vermont
The state tracks yearling antler beam diameter, fawn weight and different bodily circumstances of deer which have been deteriorating. The state’s conclusion is habitat assets are being depleted and are unable to assist the quantity of deer needing them.
Vermont has about 128,000 white-tailed deer throughout the state in 21 areas outlined as wildlife administration models (WMU).
There are 5 of those areas the place the state believes the deer inhabitants must lower to maintain the well-being of the species, and three areas the place the doe inhabitants wants to come back down by 10% or extra.
The state has elevated the quantity of searching permits accessible for these three areas:
- WMU A: The Champlain Islands comprise this space the place there are roughly 32 deer per sq. mile with an goal of 18. The considerable agriculture has sustained the situation of the deer right here, however the well being of the forest ecosystem is the first concern on this area. The state hopes to lower the quantity of grownup does by 23% which might be achieved by harvesting 246 of them. The state is planning to situation 800 antlerless permits, a rise of 300 over final 12 months.
- WMU B: The Champlain Valley north of the Winooski River makes up this area the place the deer situation is taken into account mediocre and the place deer have had substantial impacts on forest ecosystems. Overpopulation has been a priority for a few years on this area the place there are 22 deer per sq. mile the place 18 appears sustainable. The state is recommending a 17% discount within the grownup doe inhabitants — about 1,137 deer. The state plans to situation 4,000 antlerless searching permits, which is a rise of 500 from 2021.
- WMU F1: The southern Champlain Valley from Burlington to Addison County has been capable of assist a excessive inhabitants of deer by way of an abundance of agriculture and delicate winters. The deer situation is sweet on this area however forest ecosystems have widespread and important affect, together with some unusual pure communities which were impacted, based on the wildlife division. On this space there are roughly 18 deer per sq. mile the place 15 is the really useful quantity. About 11% of the grownup doe inhabitants might come down, which equates to 329 deer. The state plans to situation 1,500 antlerless permits for this area, which is 200 greater than final 12 months.
Vermont’s deer searching seasons, together with archery, youth and novice, and muzzleloader, start in October and finish in December. You could find the particular dates at https://vtfishandwildlife.com/hunt/hunting-and-trapping-opportunities/white-tailed-deer.
The general public can discover the state’s proposal for antlerless deer searching this 12 months and find out how to attend the public hearings on Could 12 at https://vtfishandwildlife.com/public-hearings-schedule.
Contact reporter April Barton at abarton@freepressmedia.com or 802-660-1854. Comply with her on Twitter @aprildbarton.
The US Chamber of Commerce and the American Petroleum Institute – representing the biggest fossil fuel companies in the world – are suing the State of Vermont over its new law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay a share of the state’s damage caused by climate change.
The lawsuit, filed last Monday in the US District Court for the District of Vermont, asks a state court to prevent Vermont from enforcing the law passed last year. Vermont became the first state in the country to enact the law after it suffered over $1 billion in damages from catastrophic summer flooding and other extreme weather.
Vermont’s Attorney General’s Office said as of Friday, Jan. 3, they had not been served with the lawsuit.
The lawsuit argues that the U.S. Constitution precludes the act and that the federal Clean Air Act preempts state law. It also claims that the law violates domestic and foreign commerce clauses by discriminating “against the important interest of other states by targeting large energy companies located outside of Vermont.”
The Chamber and the American Petroleum Institute argue that the federal government is already addressing climate change. Because greenhouse gases come from billions of individual sources, they claim it has been impossible to measure “accurately and fairly” the impact of emissions from a particular entity in a specific location over decades.
“For too long, giant fossil fuel companies have knowingly lit the match of climate disruption without being required to do a thing to put out the fire,” Paul Burns, executive director of the Vermont Public Interest Research Group, said in a statement. “Finally, maybe for the first time anywhere, Vermont is going to hold the companies most responsible for climate-driven floods, fires and heat waves financially accountable for a fair share of the damages they’ve caused.”
The complaint is an essential legal test as more states consider holding fossil fuels liable for expensive global warming-intensified events like floods, fires, and more. Maryland and Massachusetts are among the states expected to pursue similar legislation, modeled after the federal law known as Superfund, in 2025.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed a similar climate bill into law – the Climate Change Superfund Act- on Dec. 26, pointing to the need to fund climate adaptation projects.
Downtown Montpelier, Vermont was under water on Monday, July 10, 2023 caused by the flooding of the Winooski River.
(Photo: John Tully for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Heavy Rains Cause Catastrophic Flooding In Southern Vermont
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Flooding is seen in downtown Montpelier, Vermont
(Photo: John Tully for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Albuquerque –
Just after 5:25 PM, a shot rang out in near Central and Vermont. A person reported being shot in the 8310 block of Central Ave NE. Officers from the Albuquerque Police Department were dispatched, but fortunately, the New Mexico State Police happened to be in the vicinity and arrived promptly. Officers promptly rendered life saving measures, while Albuquerque Fire Rescue dispatched a rescue unit from Station 5 to the scene.
The man, who was shot in the leg, will be transported to a local area hospital by AFR. Presently, their condition is not known, but if we learn more, we will update you.
APD’s gun violence reduction unit (GVRU) is being called out to investigate this shooting.
Vermont
U.S. Chamber, Oil Industry Sue Vermont Over Law Requiring Companies To Pay For Climate Change Damage
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a top oil and gas industry trade group are suing Vermont over its new law requiring that fossil fuel companies pay a share of the damage caused over several decades by climate change.
The federal lawsuit filed Monday asks a state court to prevent Vermont from enforcing the law, which was passed last year. Vermont became the first state in the country to enact the law after it suffered catastrophic summer flooding and damage from other extreme weather. The state is working to estimate the cost of climate change dating back to Jan. 1, 1995.
The lawsuit argues the U.S. Constitution precludes the act and that the state law is preempted by the federal Clean Air Act. It also argues that the law violates domestic and foreign commerce clauses by discriminating “against the important interest of other states by targeting large energy companies located outside of Vermont.”
The Chamber and the other plaintiff in the lawsuit, the American Petroleum Institute, argue that the federal government is already addressing climate change. And because greenhouse gases come from billions of individual sources, they argue it is impossible to measure “accurately and fairly” the impact of emissions from a particular entity in a particular location over decades.
“Vermont wants to impose massive retroactive penalties going back 30 years for lawful, out-of-state conduct that was regulated by Congress under the Clean Air Act,” said Tara Morrissey, senior vice president and deputy chief counsel of the Chamber’s litigation center. “That is unlawful and violates the structure of the U.S. Constitution — one state can’t try to regulate a global issue best left to the federal government. Vermont’s penalties will ultimately raise costs for consumers in Vermont and across the country.”
A spokesman for the state’s Agency of Natural Resources said it had not been formally served with this lawsuit.
Anthony Iarrapino, a Vermont-based lobbyist with the Conservation Law Foundation, said the lawsuit was the fossil fuel industry’s way of “trying to avoid accountability for the damage their products have caused in Vermont and beyond.”
“More states are following Vermont’s lead holding Big Oil accountable for the disaster recovery and cleanup costs from severe storms fueled by climate change, ensuring that families and businesses no longer have to foot the entire bill time and time again,” Iarrapino added.
Under the law, the Vermont state treasurer, in consultation with the Agency of Natural Resources, is to issue a report by Jan. 15, 2026, on the total cost to Vermonters and the state from the emission of greenhouse gases from Jan. 1, 1995, to Dec. 31, 2024. The assessment would look at the effects on public health, natural resources, agriculture, economic development, housing and other areas. The state would use federal data to determine the amount of covered greenhouse gas emissions attributed to a fossil fuel company.
It’s a polluter-pays model affecting companies engaged in the trade or business of extracting fossil fuel or refining crude oil attributable to more than 1 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions during the time period. The funds could be used by the state for such things as improving stormwater drainage systems; upgrading roads, bridges and railroads; relocating, elevating or retrofitting sewage treatment plants; and making energy efficient weatherization upgrades to public and private buildings. It’s modeled after the federal Superfund pollution cleanup program.
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The approach taken by Vermont has drawn interest from other states, including New York, where Gov. Kathy Hochul signed into law a similar bill in December.
The New York law requires companies responsible for substantial greenhouse gas emissions to pay into a state fund for infrastructure projects meant to repair or avoid future damage from climate change. The biggest emitters of greenhouse gases between 2000 and 2018 would be subjected to the fines.
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