Vermont NFC board member David Wein and his son Eli recently drove to Brattleboro, Vermont, to post informational sturgeon signs…
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In fact, it is possible that nothing in the watershed is as it originally was…
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While 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…
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Today, in sections where it is still open to the air, Cold Stream Brook looks more like a drainage ditch than a natural stream…
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Now 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…
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Nicholas Miller, a teacher at Nokomis Regional High School in Newport, Maine, and his fly fishing class recently posted two signs…
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A 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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Early this summer the Maine chapter of NFC was contacted by New England Backcountry Hunters & Anglers in regard to posting some State Heritage Fish signs…
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The bill, House Resolution 74, looks to enact a study to better understand wildlife corridors and habitat connectivity…
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NFC is looking to extend our contiguous footprint in the Northeast, now represented by Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania, by adding a New York…
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NFC is looking to extend our contiguous footprint in the Mid-Atlantic, now represented by Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, by adding a Virginia chapter…
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A New Hampshire legislator recently advanced a piece of legislation for an individual that would redefine the meaning of brook trout. While well-meaning, and timely as it opens the door for further discussion, it is not the way to do it for several reasons, and it is likely DOA…
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The intention is to provide guides, including NFC Board and Advisory Council members and supporters, with a way to help out while raising money for wild native fish conservation initiatives…
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NFC members and volunteers have been busy breaching manmade rock dams to help fish pass during what is an unprecedented drought in the region…
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The Maine NFC led State Heritage Fish (SHF) sign initiative has reached another milestone. This time it’s the 400th SHF sign posted…
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Jerry Derosier is what NFC calls an all-star wild native fish volunteer…
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In the roughly 25 months since the project started, we have posted one or more State Heritage Fish signs on 250 lakes and ponds in Maine…
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Get outside, get off the grid, stay away from the crowds, learn some new remote and undeveloped wild native trout water, and help protect this irreplaceable wild native trout resource…
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Ten conservation groups and a number of scientists, advocates, and authors, have petitioned Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW) Commissioner Judy Camuso to review Atlantic salmon to determine if they warrant listing as "Endangered" under Maine's Endangered Species Act…
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Superstar NFC volunteer Kerry Hegarty just posted the first State Heritage Fish sign of spring 2020. Driving 74 miles round trip and spending 4 hours afield…
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