Support reporting that keeps Vermonters informed and engaged in our communities. A bear bites a bird feeder. Photo courtesy of Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department The number of black bears in Vermont ...

Vermont's population of black bears has reached a five-year high of 7,000 to 8,500, based on data from 2022, the most recent available, according to a news release from Vermont Fish & Wildlife. Black ...

MONTPELIER — Vermont’s black bear population is estimated at roughly 6,300 to 7,600 based on 2023 data, the most recent available, according to the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department. “The 2023 ...

A new set of data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that Vermont is one of the states that has seen the most rapid population decline over the past year. The new data covers population changes from ...

People walk through downtown Woodstock on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. For the second consecutive year, more people moved away from Vermont than relocated to the state. People may have flocked to Vermont ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. Some resort towns in southern Vermont registered the region’s biggest population gains in the past decade, recently released data from the 2020 census ...