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• Vermont legislators hear the benefits — and costs — of road crossings for wildlife

  14-02-2026 00:30 via vtdigger.org
  A young moose crosses Route 100 in Troy on Friday, June 7, 2019. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger“What you see on screen is really my worst nightmare,” Jens Hawkins-Hilke, a planner at Vermont’s Department of Fish and Wildlife, told the House Transportation Committee on Friday.“A foggy road, a large moose and a vehicle moving very quickly.”Hawkins-Hilke was pitching the committee, with a slideshow behind him, on the utility of building dedicated crossings for wildli
  
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• Vermont students protest ICE in coordinated walkouts

  14-02-2026 00:19 via vtdigger.org
  About 200 students at South Burlington High School protest against ICE during a walkout on Friday, February 13, 2026. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerSOUTH BURLINGTON—Holding placards and shouting slogans, scores of South Burlington High School students formed a line along Dorset Street during an organized walkout Friday afternoon to protest actions of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement across the nation.“A lot of my aunts and uncles have immigrated from Chile and Peru,”
  
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