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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For more than a decade, Bob Mallard has established himself as one of the state’s most determined cold-water fisheries advocates, working on conservation projects and legislation that have ruffled feathers in Augusta but paid dividends in the end…
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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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NFC National Vice Chair Bob Mallard talks about nonnative trout, how they got here, and who’s to blame…
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Before moving to Maine nearly twenty years ago, I spent just over twenty years straddling the border of Massachusetts and New Hampshire. My time was split between an apartment in Pepperell, Massachusetts, and my first house in neighboring Brookline, New Hampshire — both of which were home to the Nissitissit River…
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In 1955 a mutant female rainbow deficient in pigmentation turned up in one of the Wildlife Division’s hatcheries -- to the delight of West Virginia fish managers who, one can easily imagine, rubbed their hands together and cackled, “It’s aliiiiive! It’s aliiiiive!”…
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Every trout fisherman I know has his woods, having one’s woods is important–like having family or a country. Mine are the Maine woods. And the excuse I use to get into them–brook trout–is as beautiful an excuse as anyone could find….
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Every trout fisherman I know has his woods, having one’s woods is important–like having family or a country. Mine are the Maine woods. And the excuse I use to get into them–brook trout–is as beautiful an excuse as anyone could find…
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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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Land and water conservation projects nationwide would receive a big boost from a bipartisan bill introduced this week to guarantee full funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), one of the nation’s most important conservation programs…
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New Hampshire’s Wild Trout Management program is best in class when it comes to its inclusion criteria and the protections provided…
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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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The Ammonoosuc River is one of the most beautiful and fishable rivers in New Hampshire. Unfortunately, it is also one of the most abused and poorly managed rivers in the state…
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If you’re an avid angler, you may think that there’s no such thing as a lake with too many fish in it. If you’re a fisheries biologist, you know that’s not true…
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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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As many of you know, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW) has been working on a proposal to limit the use of live fish as bait in the North Region which encompasses most of the state’s wild native salmonid waters. This is the result of legislation submitted by George Smith and supported by NFC members in 2017…
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It’s awesome to see some of the new signs going up on the upper Wood River in Rhode Island. The sign below is part of a kiosk system that allows anglers, and others, to dispense of spent leader and tippet…
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