NFC Executive Director Bob Mallard Talks Climate Change
“Early springs and late falls are resulting in longer and deeper summers. While salmonids can survey some level of warm water for a period of time, how warm and for how long is the question.”
A fall lake-run wild native brook trout from Maine’s Roach River. (Bob Mallard)
“At some point in the not-so-distant future, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is going to have to respond to the changes in Maine’s seasons and the new extremes — chronic warm and low water. This will mean looking at temporary fishing closures during high-stress periods as is being done in Montana, Idaho and Yellowstone National Park to protect our wild native fish.”