NFC is looking to confirm whether sea-run river herring or other species of fish from the Charles River are using, or trying to use, Laundry Brook, Cheesecake Brook, or other tributaries…
Read MoreMembers of MA NFC recently helped Squan-a-Tissit TU reinstall a repaired PIT tag antenna on Sucker Brook that had been damaged by beavers…
Read MoreSeven years, 364 ponds, and 510 State Heritage Fish signs later, while the sign had a couple of bullet holes in it and the tree it was posted on had lost its bark, the sign was in amazingly good shape…
Read MoreTemperature loggers placed at the multiple daylighting locations and other critical points will help us understand highs, lows, spikes, averages, and trends…
Read MoreThree species of fish were encountered: Domestic feeder goldfish, nonnative fathead minnows, and native white suckers…
Read MoreNFC Executive Director Bob Mallard and National Chair Emily Bastian stopped by Cabelas in Scarborough, Maine, to see “Chance” the traveling brook trout…
Read MoreBob was admittedly shocked to see a picture of a nonnative brown trout featured on the WV DNR brook trout webpage, especially since brook trout is the official State Fish of West Virginia…
Read MoreWithout action, Trout Brook will continue to decline in regard to functioning as a coldwater ecosystem…
Read MoreNFC collected water samples from 4 sites in the watershed to be tested for eDNA metabarcoding. The results were quite interesting…
Read MoreAfter 2 seasons of extensive fieldwork and analysis, NFC has concluded that brook trout are remnant at best and possibly extirpated from Trout Brook…
Read MoreNFC was pleasantly surprised to see a good volume of clear water, relatively clean sand and gravel bottom, and a notable lack of trash or other debris...
Read MoreFor anything notable to change, folks will need to be flexible, think out of the box, and avoid excessive caution and analysis that often leads to inaction…
Read MoreCold Spring Brook has undergone notable changes in the last 50 or so years as a direct result of the earlier alterations…
Read MoreVermont NFC board member David Wein and his son Eli recently drove to Brattleboro, Vermont, to post informational sturgeon signs…
Read MoreIn fact, it is possible that nothing in the watershed is as it originally was…
Read MoreWhile beavers are part of the natural order, sans any natural predators, and in the case of Massachusetts a prohibition on recreational trapping, abundance can become an issue…
Read MoreToday, in sections where it is still open to the air, Cold Stream Brook looks more like a drainage ditch than a natural stream…
Read MoreNow that the fish are biting, it’s a good time and excuse to get into the backcountry to help post informational signs on Maine’s State Heritage Fish waters…
Read MoreNicholas Miller, a teacher at Nokomis Regional High School in Newport, Maine, and his fly fishing class recently posted two signs…
Read MoreA recent Google Bing search in regard to “Maine 2023 fishing regulations” showed Maine NFC’s challenge to a recent flurry of negative changes. You can’t outrun the internet…
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