In what can only be seen as an act of turf protection, and a lack of concern for at-risk species, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife (DIFW) and Department of Marine Resources (DMR) opposed a bill that would have made the state-level listing of federally listed species mandatory…
Read MoreThe following pictures are recent NFC/Epic/MidCurrent raffle winner Grayson Jones enjoying his new Epic 4wt Packlight fly rod…
Read MoreThe Biden administration is set to toss out President Donald Trump’s efforts to scale back the number of streams, marshes and other wetlands that fall under federal protection, kicking off a legal and regulatory scuffle over the fate of wetlands and waterways around the country, from the arid West to the swampy South…
Read MoreThe work of PA NFC in regard to drawing attention to wild native brook trout was recognized in Outdoor News…
Read MoreNFC partnered with Friends of Merrymeeting Bay and others to try to pass a law that would require the state of Maine to list federally listed species at the state-level…
Read MoreNo one can challenge that federally-listed species are in trouble at the state level. This is especially true in regard to Atlantic salmon which are only found in Maine…
Read MoreThe Alabama chapter of NFC had a booth at the 2021 Darterfest in Birmingham, Alabama…
Read MoreThe winning ticket, out of 100, was #51. The winner is William from Texas…
Read MoreAs we have said countless time, it all starts with information, education, and public challenges to the status quo…
Read MoreGetting the word out and challenging bad practices is the first step toward reform…
Read MoreWhile species are being lost to extinction, states like Maine are refusing to acknowledge or fully support the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA)…
Read MoreNFC Executive Director Bob Mallard looks at what states are doing in regard to supporting, or not, the federal ESA…
Read MoreThe winner of the April 2021 membership drive is Arthur from New Hampshire…
Read MoreNFC Executive Director Bob Mallard chimes in on Vermont’s current proposal to reduce their highest-in-native-range daily limit on brook trout in rivers and streams from 12 fish to 8 fish…
Read MoreThe Massachusetts chapter of Native Fish Coalition is fortunate to have a skilled fabricator in their volunteer ranks…
Read MoreWhile NFC has no presence in the state, in August of 2020, NFC Executive Director Bob Mallard entered into discussions with folks from The Greater Lake Superior Foundation in Minnesota…
Read MoreNFC Executive Director Bob Mallard is on the cover of the May edition of Northwoods Sporting Journal, and his article on ME's rare wild native Arctic charr gets great placement in the very beginning of the magazine…
Read MoreNFC Executive Director Bob Mallard writes about rare sea-run and other migratory brook trout in Hallowed Waters…
Read MoreBy the time the federal government lists a species as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act, it has been deemed to be at risk of going extinct across all or a significant portion of its native range. State ESA laws are not intended to challenge federal listings, but allow for state-only listings, and up-listing (threatened to endangered), when the situation at the state level is worse than it is at the national level. Failing to list a federally-listed species at the state level flies in the face of the intent of both federal and state law…
Read MoreNFC Executive Director Bob Mallard chimes in regarding the state of Maine’s ingoing refusal to list federally, and critically, endangered salmon as Endangered at the state level…
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