The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and wildlife stepped up big time to expand protection of our native brook trout and Arctic charr. Recently, they went public with their proposal and I want to share it with you today…
Read MoreMaine’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 MoreWith cooler weather upon us, NFC volunteers have hit the woods and started putting up signs again…
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 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 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…
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…
Read MoreNow that fishing season is upon us, the roads are dry, and the bugs have been knocked back a bit, volunteers have hit the woods and water to post informational signs to help protect and preserve Maine's pond-dwelling wild native brook trout…
Read MoreThe Native Fish Coalition, Sportsman's Alliance of Maine and Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife are seeking volunteers to help post informational signs on Maine’s State Heritage Fish lakes and ponds...
Read MoreInformational signs have started going up on Maine's rare Arctic charr waters…
Read MoreNFC National Vice Chair Bob Mallard was interviewed by Marshall Cutchin at MidCurrent…
Read MoreFormer Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Commissioner, former UMaine professor, and Maine NFC Advisory Council member Ray "Bucky" Owen and his wife Sue took some time to put up signs at two of our State Heritage Fish waters...
Read MoreThe Maine chapter of Native Fish Coalition is officially kicking off the volunteer segment of their State Heritage Fish sign initiative…
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