When it comes to trout fishing, the upper Connecticut River is a cut above. Then, as more and more land is lost to development, the importance of managing habitat for wildlife is increasing. Lastly, with only a personal computer, anyone can retrieve clues and the global positioning coordinates to millions of "treasure" sites all over the world.

Marianne Eaton visits one of Vermont's natural gems: 28,000-acre Groton State Forest. Dead Creek Wildlife Day, held every October in Addison, Vt., celebrates the state's migratory bird population. Lawrence Pyne and some young hunters go after gray squirrels in the woods of Addison County.