HooRWA Mushroom Walk

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POWNAL, Vt. — Join Berkshire Mycological Society president & expert mycologist John Wheeler and HooRWA for a streamside excursion to learn about fungi, how to identify them, their tree associates, and habitat on Tuesday, Sept. 2 from 5:00-6:30pm along Broad Brook in Pownal.

This program is free and open to the public and funded by a grant from the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation and sponsorship by Greylock Federal Credit Union. Participants will meet at the Broad Brook Trailhead on the border of Williamstown and Pownal. Directions will be in the confirmation email when registered.

A dedicated mushroom enthusiast for 35 years, John Wheeler was self-taught for 10 years. Then he met Jonathan Caldwell who hosted a wild mushroom course at Berkshire Community College South. The next 2 years John and Jonathan split a foray group, taking people on mushroom walks. In 2000, The Berkshire Mycological Society was formed by John, Jonathan, Jim Berlstein and Don Roeder. John assisted Don, who was dean of the science department at Simon’s Rock College, with his mycology courses for 5 years. John has attended many Northeast forays with large groups, i.e. the Northeast Mycological Federation and Connecticut Westchester Mycological Forays. where collections of 400 – 600 species are not uncommon. He leads BMS walks every Sunday morning at 10:00 unless away.

Registration link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScAbWFa7oPP-lmRkL5bbBVswndU-Px5yhSUO9I-O8Eeg2nuKg/viewform

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Fall Trout Stocking in Select Lakes and Streams In Vermont

Staff Reports02:37PM / Sunday, October 11, 2026

SPRINGFIELD, Vt. — The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department continues its new fall trout stocking program this year.

This will mark the third consecutive year that trophy-sized brook trout and rainbow trout averaging 13-14 inches will be stocked into four ponds and one stream in southern Vermont in the fall.

"We're stocking more than 2,000 one-and-a-half-year-old trout between Knapp Ponds #1 and #2 in Cavendish, Lakes Paran and Shaftsbury in Bennington, and East Creek in Rutland," said Lael Will, a fisheries biologist with the department. "This is a great opportunity for anglers to spend time fishing for some really nice stocked trout surrounded by Vermont's amazing fall foliage. And, they can continue right through the winter, catching trout in waters where late season trout fishing was not an option before."

Fish from Bennington, Roxbury and Salisbury fish culture stations will be stocked starting in mid-October to allow for some harvest before the season switches to catch and release only in November.

"Last year anglers shared with us that they loved the fall and winter opportunity created by this late season stocking," said Will. "We're excited to continue these stockings and hopefully hear from more people taking advantage of these new trout fishing opportunities."

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