When it comes to the outdoors, Vermont is among the best in the nation. But those on the front lines are seeing shifts in recreation trends and new challenges from a changing climate and impacts from weather events.

Seven years ago in 2017, a family of nine from New Hampshire booked the entire Moose Meadow Lodge and Treehouse in Duxbury for a visit in April 2024 despite the lodge usually being closed during mud season. The reason? A total eclipse of the sun on April 8, 2024 that will be visible in northern parts of Vermont.