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Green Mountain National Forest is a national forest located in Vermont, a temperate broadleaf and mixed forest typical of the New England/Acadian forests ecoregion. The forest supports a variety of wildlife, including beaver , moose , coyote , black bear , white-tailed deer , wild turkey , and ruffed grouse .
The Boreal forest and its alpine cousins are host to a wide variety of deer, ranging from the large moose to the whitetail deer. All of these large herbivores prefer the cool forest lest they overheat in the sun, but all need open land on which to graze. Of the deer, moose are perhaps best adapted to wetlands and thrive in the boggy boreal forest.
Hunting, fishing and trapping occurs in this section. The West section of Calvin Coolidge State Forest is located along the Green Mountains ridgeline and features many high forested mountain peaks, including Killington Peak , Little Killington, Shrewsbury , Saltash, Mendon and Smith peaks.
The area is dominated by low, open mountains, interspersed with deep ponds. Likewise, Lake Willoughby, a National Natural Landmark in Vermont, is a good example of a fjord-like deep lake surrounded by tall mountains. Like the other Northeast Highland ecoregions, the Quebec/New England Boundary Mountains are cold, yet humid continental with an ...
Mountain Image Height (ft.) Height (m) Town County Mount Mansfield: 4,393 1,339: Underhill: Chittenden: Killington Peak: 4,235 1,291: Killington: Rutland: Mount Ellen
The Department of Natural Resources has lowered bag limits in 38 deer hunting permit areas for the 2023 season, a response to the scarcity of whitetails in northern Minnesota. DNR Big Game Program ...
Map of Vermont showing cities, roads, and rivers Mount Mansfield Western face of Camel's Hump Mountain (elevation 4,079 feet (1,243 m)). [1] Fall foliage at Lake Willoughby. The U.S. state of Vermont is located in the New England region of the northeastern United States and comprises 9,614 square miles (24,900 km 2), making it the 45th-largest state.
The Glastenbury Wilderness is one of eight wilderness areas in the Green Mountain National Forest in the U.S. state of Vermont. The area, located northeast of Bennington, Vermont, is managed by the U.S. Forest Service. [2] With a total of 22,330 acres (9,040 ha), the wilderness is the second largest in Vermont (next to the Breadloaf Wilderness ...