Covering more than 580 waters, Maine’s State Heritage Fish (SHF) law is the largest and most important wild native brook trout initiative in the nation…
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DIFW fisheries biologists think that catch and release is hurting our fish. Deirdre Fleming’s story about this, in the Maine Sunday Telegram on August 11, was very provocative…
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Big shout-out to Cameron at The Fiberglass Manifesto for publishing NFC National Vice Chair Bob Mallard’s piece on native fish, small streams and fiberglass fly rods…
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The Maine chapter of Native Fish Coalition Chair and emerging native fish conservation superstar Emily Bastian talks about native fish and NFC in the current edition of Fly Fish America magazine…
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The Maine chapter of Native Fish Coalition is working on custom State Heritage Fish signs and backboards for posting on state-owned land managed by Bureau of Parks and Lands…
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For decades Green Lake in Dedham, Maine, was classified as a native Arctic charr water. At 3,132 acres, it was the largest of the 12 native charr waters left in the contiguous United States, and twice as large as the next biggest…
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The Veazie Salmon Club hosted a lobster dinner for 18 students from Scotland, Canada, and the United States so they could learn more about Atlantic salmon…
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Just in, custom State Heritage Fish signs for Maine’s state-owned public lands. Working with Bureau of Parks and Lands, Maine NFC designed a special sign that uses agency colors and includes an agency logo…
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Thanks to DIF&W Commissioner Judy Camuso, Maine’s brook trout will be getting new protections. The proposed new rule is already at stage 2 and will be implemented on January 1…
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In 2006, I put together a report on Maine’s burgeoning splake stocking with the help of other members of DDAS. Our goal was to show people how much the program had grown, where it was being done, and what the risks were…
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The biggest project NFC has taken on to date is progressing quite nicely. Big thanks to our volunteers and partners for stepping up for these unique and irreplaceable waters...
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More than 400 miles of Maine’s rivers and streams will receive increased legal protection under a bill (LD 1743) that will receive a public hearing today. Of particular significance, the bill includes critical portions of Maine’s largest river, the Penobscot, and 200 miles of trout streams flowing into Webb Lake by Tumbledown Mountain…
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Native Fish Coalition uses memberships to help fund its conservation work. While small in number, the distribution is impressive…
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Maine NFC Board Member and State Heritage Fish (SHF) sign volunteer Richard Joyce decided to commune with the brook trout while posting SHF signs at a few recently iced-out remote ponds…
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Native Fish Coalition National Vice Chair and Maine Board member Bob Mallard talks about the native charr of Maine’s Baxter State Park…
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Spring is here, the snow is melting, ponds are losing their ice, and dirt roads are becoming passable. This means that it’s time to get back into the field, catch some fish, and while you are at it, post some signs to help protect what we all hold near and dear — wild native brook trout...
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Please welcome our newest Business Partner, Fins & Furs Adventures, from my home town Skowhegan, Maine…
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Please welcome our newest Business Partner, Rangeley Region Sport Shop, in historic Rangeley, Maine. As anyone who knows brook trout knows, Rangeley, Maine, is the brook trout capital of the United States — nothing is even close…
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As anyone who knows me can attest to, I am not one to throw compliments around lightly. I am also not one to mince words or pull any punches...
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It's official, Native Fish Coalition National Vice Chair and Maine Board member Bob Mallard’s upcoming brook trout book is now in the proofing stage and heading to the printer in May for a summer release...
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