The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department mailed a survey to randomly selected anglers in early January and is asking those who didn’t respond to please do so.

 

The questionnaire asking anglers about their fishing habits and opinions on a wide range of fisheries management issues was mailed to 4,500 Vermont resident and 900 nonresident anglers.  A second mailing will go out January 27th to those who did not respond earlier.

 

The survey is directed and funded by the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department and is being carried out by Cornell University’s Human Dimensions Research Unit. 

 

Anglers receiving questionnaires have been randomly selected from 2009 fishing license records.  Anglers’ identities will be kept confidential and answers will not be associated with their names.

 

“The information provided by this survey will be very important in our efforts to manage Vermont’s diverse fisheries resources to meet the desires of our angling community,” said Director of Fisheries Eric Palmer.  “While this is a voluntary survey, we encourage all anglers who receive one to take the time to fill it out, even if you do not fish very often.  The more responses we receive, the better the survey will reflect Vermont’s angling community.”   

 

The questionnaire is in a 14-page, 8 ½ by 5 ½-inch light blue booklet.  It will come in a white envelope with “Vermont Angler Survey Enclosed” printed on the front.

 

If you receive a survey and have questions, please contact State Fisheries Biologist Rich Kirn by calling him at (802) 485-7566 or Emailing rich.kirn@state.vt.us.