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Conte wildlife refuge a magical place to cast flies

Rich Warren of Starksboro fishes for wild brook trout in the Nulhegan River during a recent expedition to the Silvio O. Conte National Wildlife Refuge in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. Photo by Matthew Dickerson
June 4, 2026
Established in 1997, its purpose is to “conserve, protect and enhance the abundance and diversity of native plant, fish and wildlife species and the ecosystem on which they depend throughout the 7.2 million acre Connecticut River watershed.”
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