Maine’s Department of Environmental Protection has proposed exciting upgrades for more than 400 miles of rivers and streams. Although this is supposed to be something that’s done every three years, this is the first time in almost 10 years that the DEP has proposed to upgrade water quality protections…
Read MoreTo their credit, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife withdrew their requests to remove Cold Water Pond and Henderson Pond from the State Heritage Fish list…
Read MoreIn a disappointing decision, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW) has decided to go forward with a plan to stock Crescent Lake with lake trout from another water…
Read MoreNFC just got in our first batch of logo beverage koozies…
Read MoreWith cooler weather upon us, NFC volunteers have hit the woods and started putting up signs again…
Read MoreThe best purchase my wife Linda and I ever made was our camp on the edge of Baxter State Park. Set on Sourdnahunk Lake, Camp Phoenix was a sporting camp for 100 years, until a fellow purchased it and turned it into a condominium. We each own our cabin, and we own the land in common…
Read MoreAs a fly-fishing guide based out of Kingfield, I get to share some of the most beautiful remote places in Maine with my clients from around the state and from as far away as Australia. After a 20-year guiding career, I’ve seen the raw excitement of a kid who has just hooked their first brookie…
Read MoreNew NFC species decals -- Arctic Charr, Atlantic Salmon and Brook Trout…
Read MoreThe Native Fish Coalition (NFC) and the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine (SAM), along with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIF&W) have embarked on a project to post signs on 575 waters identified as “Heritage Waters.”…
Read MoreAt the public hearing to discuss the proposal, several people spoke up against the proposal, and no one other than MDIFW supported it…
Read MoreReilly Rod Crafters recognizes Native Fish Coalition along side fish conservation giants Bonefish & Tarpon Trust, Captains for Clean Water, and Trout Unlimited…
Read MoreBob Mallard, who spoke on behalf of the Native Fish Coalition, said both Maine and New Hampshire have struggled with charr restoration [and introduction], and efforts typically fail….
Read MoreMaine NFC joined Jerry Derosier and his young protege Lincoln Kelley for a memorable day in the Maine woods posting State Heritage Fish signs at three small remote ponds…
Read MoreThe Maine chapter of NFCs Maine State Heritage Fish Sign initiative is really starting to take off…
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New Jersey state wildlife officials were out in the rivers of Warren County this week to take a count of the official state fish – the brook trout. Brook trout have been in the area for thousands of years, but warmer, cloudier waterways and invading fish have caused the number of brook trout in New Jersey to drop…
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Get your very cool, and in the case of the truckers literally as well as figuratively, logo NFC hats and help support our native fish conservation initiatives...
Read MoreJoin the fun and help protect Maine’s wild native brook trout…
Read MoreLots of interesting and important initiatives are being discussed by DIFW’s Heritage Brook Trout and Charr Work Group, led by Francis Brautigam, Fisheries Division Director…
Read MoreThe Maine chapter of NFC has an ad in the current edition of The Maine Sportsman to help recruit volunteers for our State Heritage Fish sign initiative…
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