Getting Small...

NFC Executive Director Bob Mallard fishing a small headwater stream in White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire. These micro habitats are critical to the survival of wild native brook trout.

While admittedly not a conservation piece, this article from The Fiberglass Manifesto written by NFC founding member, Executive Director, and Maine Board Member, Bob Mallard explains why headwaters are so important to wild native brook trout.

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“The reason trout move upstream during warm water periods is obvious: Colder water. Why they move upstream in low-water periods is less obvious, and in some ways counter-intuitive. While streams typically, but not always, increase in volume as you go downstream, they also widen and become shallow and unprotected. Headwaters are narrow and deep, and covered.”