One of the cornerstone initiatives of the program, Project Milkweed, is dedicated to restoring and preserving vital habitat for pollinators, particularly the monarch butterfly, which depends ...

Milkweed may seem like a weed because of its name, but it’s actually an incredibly important plant. The leaves of milkweed are the primary food source for monarch caterpillars. The flowers provide ...

Eight undocumented farmworkers were arrested at a Richford, Vermont, dairy farm by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents. The workers, all living in the same trailer, were detained and ...

MONTPELIER, Vt. — Vermont has expanded the 802 Opportunity Program to provide free tuition to more residents, now allowing roughly 70 percent of Vermont families to access debt-free college ...

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Vermont’s single-use plastics ban is five years old. A new UVM study found that it has not only proved to be very effective, but also popular.

Orvis, which was founded in Vermont in 1856, confirmed to NBC5 that they will lay off 4% of its workforce. According to the company, Orvis currently employs 1,500 workers.

The chance of severe thunderstorms is “fairly low” across parts of Massachusetts, Vermont, and Connecticut even though they remain under a watch until 9 p.m.,according to weather officials. In ...

Westall says, “Milkweed is a keystone, flowering, hardy, perennial that looks good almost anywhere. Their colors range from crisp white and cream to mauve and orange.” Not to mention, they’re great ...

Big Lots filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.Three retailers purchased former Big Lots stores at auction in Vermont, including Ocean State Job Lot, Tractor supply and Harrisburg-area-based Ollie’s ...

So while planting a few milkweed plants in your garden won’t bring back the butterfly population on its own, it can certainly help offset butterflies’ ongoing habit loss—especially if you ...