/tags/outdoors Outdoors en-US ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Fri, 14 Mar 2025 14:10:23 GMT /npr-news/2025-03-14/5-nature-inspired-ways-to-bring-joy-and-wonder-into-your-life-this-spring Simple activities to help you better appreciate the birds, bees and flowers â€� and spend more time outside. Fri, 14 Mar 2025 14:10:23 GMT /npr-news/2025-03-14/5-nature-inspired-ways-to-bring-joy-and-wonder-into-your-life-this-spring Malaka Gharib, Life Kit /npr-news/2025-01-22/a-parade-of-planets-will-be-visible-to-the-naked-eye-all-month All month, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars will appear to line up and be bright enough to see without a telescope or binoculars â€� with them, you can see Uranus and Neptune, too. Wed, 22 Jan 2025 17:06:10 GMT /npr-news/2025-01-22/a-parade-of-planets-will-be-visible-to-the-naked-eye-all-month Juliana Kim /local-news/2025-01-22/fairlee-takes-over-lake-morey-ice-skating-loop-vermont-tradition-lives-on Lake Morey Resort, which has been maintaining the lake's skating loop, lost their insurance coverage. But at the eleventh hour, the town of Fairlee stepped in, agreeing to maintain the ice and provide insurance coverage for the activities there. Wed, 22 Jan 2025 10:00:00 GMT /local-news/2025-01-22/fairlee-takes-over-lake-morey-ice-skating-loop-vermont-tradition-lives-on Howard Weiss-Tisman /local-news/2024-12-11/fun-valley-glimmerstone-lundhugel-vermonts-lost-ski-hills-on-display-in-stowe There are just 20 commercial alpine ski areas in Vermont today. But if you live just about anywhere around the state, chances are there used to be a ski hill right in your town â€� according to a new exhibit at Stowe’s Ski and Snowboard Museum. Wed, 11 Dec 2024 10:00:00 GMT /local-news/2024-12-11/fun-valley-glimmerstone-lundhugel-vermonts-lost-ski-hills-on-display-in-stowe Sabine Poux /local-news/2024-11-13/tunbridge-legal-battle-over-public-trails-could-restrict-access-across-vermont The town of Tunbridge has been battling a landowner for almost five years over who has the right to maintain former public roads, which are now used for recreation. Wed, 13 Nov 2024 10:00:00 GMT /local-news/2024-11-13/tunbridge-legal-battle-over-public-trails-could-restrict-access-across-vermont Howard Weiss-Tisman /npr-news/2024-11-08/reporter-journal-during-a-crazy-week-a-dose-of-quiet-on-a-wild-vermont-river NPR's Brian Mann slipped away from his desk during a hectic week for an early morning canoe paddle on a wild river in Vermont. Mon, 11 Nov 2024 17:06:02 GMT /npr-news/2024-11-08/reporter-journal-during-a-crazy-week-a-dose-of-quiet-on-a-wild-vermont-river Brian Mann /show/made-here/2024-10-24/defending-the-dark-examines-dark-sky-preserves-in-northern-maine The latest Made Here film Defending the Dark premieres on Oct. 24. Thu, 24 Oct 2024 09:05:00 GMT /show/made-here/2024-10-24/defending-the-dark-examines-dark-sky-preserves-in-northern-maine Eric Ford /show/made-here/2024-10-03/7-years-in-vermont-a-nicaraguans-perspective-on-the-changing-seasons The latest film from Cabot filmmaker Onel Salazar is a love letter to Vermont and its natural setting. Thu, 03 Oct 2024 10:00:00 GMT /show/made-here/2024-10-03/7-years-in-vermont-a-nicaraguans-perspective-on-the-changing-seasons Eric Ford /show/made-here/2024-09-19/new-film-focuses-on-the-history-and-future-of-vermonts-green-river-reservoir The newest film from Vermonter Ian Sweet focuses on the Green River Reservoir, a pristine body of water just north of Hyde Park in Lamoille County. Thu, 19 Sep 2024 09:17:00 GMT /show/made-here/2024-09-19/new-film-focuses-on-the-history-and-future-of-vermonts-green-river-reservoir Eric Ford /local-news/2024-08-22/killington-resort-pico-mountain-sold-to-group-of-local-investors A group of local investors plans to buy Killington Resort and Pico Mountain from POWDR, the resortsâ€� current owner. The sale is expected to be finalized this fall. Thu, 22 Aug 2024 18:01:57 GMT /local-news/2024-08-22/killington-resort-pico-mountain-sold-to-group-of-local-investors Liam Elder-Connors, Nina Keck