Northeast

The Wild River Fire near Gorham, New Hampshire, was 20 percent contained as of Friday evening, November 6, and had not grown since Tuesday, WGME reported; crews hope to fully contain it by Thursday, November 12. New Forest Service mapping put it at 856 acres, NHPR reported, and officials believe it was likely human-caused. The White Mountain National Forest closure of Wild River Road, the Shelburne Trail and sections of the High Water Trail was still in effect in the latest notices; check the forest's alerts before heading to the Wild River area.

Wild River State Park in Chisago County, Minnesota, is closed to the public November 7 through 9 for a special hunt, open only to hunters drawn for permits, the Chisago County Press reports; camping and day use resume Tuesday, November 10. The park is unrelated to the Wild River Fire in New Hampshire.

The Wild River Fire, burning in steep terrain about 7 miles southeast of Gorham, New Hampshire, and a mile west of the Maine line, was 11 percent contained as of Friday, November 6. Size estimates have varied: the Forest Service put it at 982 acres on November 4, the Appalachian Trail Conservancy cited about 1,000 acres on November 5, and WMUR, citing the Forest Service, reported 856 acres on Friday. The fire was first reported Sunday afternoon, November 1. Its cause is under investigation, and the Forest Service believes it was human-caused.

A White Mountain National Forest closure order bars public entry to the fire area, including all of Wild River Road, the entire Shelburne Trail and sections of the High Water Trail and other trails; the exact boundary is on the forest's Wild River Fire alert page. The Appalachian Trail Conservancy says the A.T. remains open where it crosses the Carter-Moriah Range near Gorham, several miles west of the fire, but the Kenduskeag Trail is closed and hikers may see or smell smoke.

Christopher Stefanou, a New York fishing influencer known online as LI Sharkman, was indicted by a Barnstable County grand jury and arraigned October 21 on five charges, including animal cruelty, illegal shore-based shark fishing and attempting to capture a white shark, over a nighttime trip near Wellfleet's Marconi Beach in October 2025, Surfer reports, citing the Provincetown Independent. Prosecutors allege the group used drones to drop baited lines offshore, fought the shark for more than an hour and hauled it onto the sand to photograph it before release. The shark, tagged by state researchers in 2024, was later detected alive. The charges are allegations that have not been proven in court. Massachusetts prohibits targeting white sharks.

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation officers used a thermal-imaging drone to record six people fishing for salmon after dark along the Salmon River during an October 3 operation, leading to nine tickets for after-hours fishing, with two anglers also cited for fishing without a license and for using treble hooks illegally, Wired2Fish reports. The tickets are allegations for the local court to decide. The fall run into Lake Ontario's tributaries draws anglers from across the country; check the DEC's special regulations for fishing hours and gear before you go.

Vermont's four-day muzzleloader season for antlerless deer runs October 29 through November 1 and is open only to hunters who received an antlerless permit; a hunting license and muzzleloader license are also required. The permit can be used now, in the November 14 to 29 regular season or in the November 30 to December 13 muzzleloader season, for one antlerless deer. Report a deer within 48 hours online, with photos, or at a big game reporting station, and field-dress it before reporting.

Vermont Fish and Wildlife will stock more than 2,000 trophy-size brook and rainbow trout into four ponds and one stream in the south of the state starting in mid-October. It is the third year of the fall program. The fish are a year and a half old and average 13 to 14 inches.

The waters are Knapp Ponds No. 1 and No. 2 in Cavendish, Lake Paran and Lake Shaftsbury in Bennington County, and East Creek in Rutland. The fish come from the Bennington, Roxbury and Salisbury hatcheries.

The Boulder Concept turned up unannounced at the New York show in April: an upright, two-box, four-door SUV on what Hyundai says is its first fully-boxed body-on-frame architecture for the United States. The company calls it a pure design study, which is accurate and also beside the point. What it previews is a platform, and the platform is confirmed.

The first production vehicle on it will be a midsize pickup, due by 2030, competing directly with the Tacoma, Ranger and Colorado. Hyundai has committed to designing, developing and building it in North America with its own U.S. steel. An SUV related to the Boulder is expected to follow, and senior people at the group have indicated the platform will reach beyond the Hyundai badge.

A stretch of the Appalachian Trail through the Appalachian Ranger District remains closed, with a detour in place at Iron Mountain Gap routing hikers around the last few miles, from roughly a mile south of the destroyed Cherry Gap Shelter to about a mile north of the gap. Fire restrictions have been in force in the Roan Mountain area since the storm raised the fire danger, and crews are still laying gravel by the thousands of tons on forest roads.

In Virginia, road reconstruction in the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area closed Whitetop Road and the Whitetop trailhead along with the observation point; the trail itself stays open where it crosses. Elk Garden and Beach Mountain are the alternates.