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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Researchers in New England have filmed evidence of Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) spawning in a brackish salt water estuary. While the behavior has been observed by naturalists for over 100 years, this was the first time that the dynamic has been recorded to video…
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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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Undamming the Hudson River is a short documentary film by National Geographic filmmaker Jon Bowermaster showcasing Riverkeeper’s efforts to restore natural habitat by eliminating obsolete dams throughout the Hudson River Estuary. Undamming the Hudson River was made possible by funding from Patagonia. Learn more at https://www.riverkeeper.org/dam-removal…
Now available through our online store, NFC gift cards…
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Here’s our recent raffle winner Michael from Florida with his new Epic 476-4 FastGlass fly rod…
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From Alaska to California and Minnesota to Puerto Rico, the U.S. Forest Service administers 193 million acres of national forests and grasslands. These landscapes ensure that all Americans have access to clean water, abundant fish and wildlife populations, and outdoor recreation opportunities…
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NFC worked with Western Visions to create a custom NFC gear lanyard. Built using NFC color scheme beads, and sporting an NFC logo on the zinger, this mid-length 4-station lanyard is unique, handsome, useful, and versatile…
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In a flurry of votes under suspension of the rules today, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation that will help improve fish habitat, restore wetlands, boost chronic wasting disease research, invest in clean water solutions, and prevent bycatch fatalities of important sportfish species…
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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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We just drew the winner for an extremely cool Epic 476 FastGlass fly rod from Swift Fly Fishing in New Zealand…
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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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Having one’s rivers is important, like having family or a country. With rivers, though, you get to choose. I prefer mine rippling with wild brook trout, which is to say clean and secluded. And because my time and place coincide with an irruption of my species…
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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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