Agency of Natural Resources

The Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation says it wants to establish a new state forest near a site where the followers of Daniel Shays may have hid after raiding the U.S. armory in Springfield, Mass. during the winter of 1786-1787.

A state law passed in 2021 requires all schools, public or private, built or renovated before 1980 to test for the toxic chemicals. For North Country superintendent Elaine Collins, the Newport school’s experience shows that lawmakers gave “zero thought” to “what might happen if we actually found PCBs in schools.”

This hour, host Mikaela Lefrak discusses the possible decommissioning of a dam in Lamoille County and what it would mean for the Green River Reservoir.

More than 3,700 people have signed a petition asking Vermont to designate Lake Memphremagog a “lake in crisis.” It's a unique label that can bring extra…

The Environmental Protection Agency says Vermont is on track to meet its cleanup goals for Lake Champlain, an assessment one leading environmental…

For decades, the federal Clean Water Act — and Vermont state law — have made it illegal to have farm waste enter the water stream. Farms of all sizes face…

Two Vermont agencies share responsibility for regulating water pollution from farms. But public records reviewed by VPR show the bureaucratic divide can…

Greenhouse gas emissions decreased 4% from 2015 to 2016, according to a report released this month by the Agency of Natural Resources, marking the first…

The municipal utility in Morrisville says a recent court ruling threatens the future of the popular Green River Reservoir.The Vermont Supreme Court ruled…

Earlier this year, Vermont recorded one of its biggest landslides on record in Waterbury's Cotton Brook area of the Mount Mansfield State Forest. No one…