NFC Executive Director and Maine Board member Bob Mallard writes about critically endangered Atlantic salmon and how Maine is not doing everything it can to save them…
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When it comes to fish and game agencies, how they refer to the various species of fish found in their jurisdiction says a lot about how they view them…
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In the late 1990s, the rare Arctic charr of Big Reed Pond collapsed under the weight of highly invasive nonnative smelt…
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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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As part of his new monthly column, Native Fish Talk, in the Northwoods Sporting Journal, NFC Executive Director Bob Mallard writes about sea-run brook trout…
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Interviewed for the article a couple of months before it came out, NFC Executive Director and Maine Board member Bob Mallard raised some concerns in regard to how Maine…
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In the third installment of his new conservation column in MidCurrent, Native Fish Coalition Executive Director Bob Mallard tackles the issue of daily bag limits…
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While googling some river flow data, I noticed that the picture associated with Maine’s Magalloway River…
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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 2005, Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine (SAM) went to the Maine…
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Thirty-five years ago, I saw a fish over 30-inches, leap from the brown water and attempt to clear a small falls on the Seboeis River, only to slide back into the white foam below…
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In the May/June 2020 edition, NFC Executive Director Bob Mallard provides a brief overview and status update in regard to Maine’s rare Arctic charr, formerly known as blueback trout…
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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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As I stared at the brown water crashing over the rocks, a fish I estimated to be 30-inches or more, leaped from the water and attempted to clear the falls, only to slide back into the white foam below…
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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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This fits well, and in a several ways, with a recent piece I wrote about “data” in MidCurrent. First is the lack of clear, concise, and meaningful goals…
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The information collected through the Brook Trout Survey by volunteer anglers – verified by biologists – will help inform future fisheries management decisions…
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