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NFC Rock Dam Buster Volunteer Campaign
NFC Rock Dam Buster Volunteer Campaign

Manmade informal rock dams are harmful to fish and other aquatic wildlife. They can prevent fish from reaching critical thermal refuge and spawning habitat…

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NationalBob MallardJanuary 31, 2026Campaign Comments
NFC Launches Multi-Chapter Endangered Sturgeon Informational Sign Project...
NFC Launches Multi-Chapter Endangered Sturgeon Informational Sign Project...

As a bottom-feeder, sturgeon are sometimes accidentally caught by anglers in rivers and estuaries. This led NFC to reach out to NOAA Fisheries and several New England state marine resources agencies…

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Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, ConnecticutBob MallardJanuary 29, 2026CampaignComment
Support Maine's State Heritage Fish Waters
Support Maine's State Heritage Fish Waters

Help the Maine chapter of Native Fish Coalition raise money to place these important informational signs at Maine's 584 and counting State Heritage Fish lakes and ponds... 

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National, MaineBob MallardJanuary 27, 2026Open Campaign Comment
Holistic Stream Assessment/Restoration: Trout Brook - Dover, Massachusetts
Holistic Stream Assessment/Restoration: Trout Brook - Dover, Massachusetts

If not, it is a sign that something is wrong at the watershed level, as while it is easy to depress a population of fish, their complete loss is usually the sign of compound problems, not a single issue or event.…

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National, MassachusettsBob MallardJanuary 25, 2026Campaign Comments
HOLISTIC STREAM ASSESSMENT/RESTORATION: MOSHANNON CREEK, PENNSYLVANIA
HOLISTIC STREAM ASSESSMENT/RESTORATION: MOSHANNON CREEK, PENNSYLVANIA

NFC is pleased to announce that our grant application was approved. NFC and our partners will work to research and design a AMD treatment system in the headwaters of Moshannon Creek throughout 2023…

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National, PennsylvaniaBob MallardJanuary 23, 2026New CampaignComment
HOLISTIC STREAM ASSESSMENT/RESTORATION: UNNAMED BROOK, NEW HAMPSHIRE...
HOLISTIC STREAM ASSESSMENT/RESTORATION: UNNAMED BROOK, NEW HAMPSHIRE...

To better understand the impact of the lack of fish-passage, NFC installed two temperature loggers at locations upstream and downstream of the culvert…

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National, New HampshireBob MallardJanuary 21, 2026New CampaignComment
Holistic Stream Assessment/Restoration: Cold Spring Brook - Newton, Massachusetts
Holistic Stream Assessment/Restoration: Cold Spring Brook - Newton, Massachusetts

Raised in a suburb just outside of Boston, NFC Executive Director Bob Mallard was fascinated by the cities network of subterranean streams...

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National, MassachusettsBob MallardJanuary 20, 2026New Campaign Comment
Pensylvania NFC Studies Thermal Impact of Vertical Flow Wetlands...
Pensylvania NFC Studies Thermal Impact of Vertical Flow Wetlands...

Pennsylvania NFC is working with other organizations, agencies, and businesses to better understand the impact of vertical flow wetlands in regard to water temperature…

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National, PennsylvaniaBob MallardJanuary 19, 2026New CampaignComment
Georgia NFC Works to Monitor Wild Native Brook Trout Streams...
Georgia NFC Works to Monitor Wild Native Brook Trout Streams...

Species at the extreme edges of their native range are more likely to be stressed by changes in weather patterns than other populations…

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National, GeorgiaBob MallardJanuary 18, 2026New CampaignComment
Holistic Stream Assessment/Restoration: Cheescake Brook - Newton, Massachusetts
Holistic Stream Assessment/Restoration: Cheescake Brook - Newton, Massachusetts

We were pleasantly surprised to see a good volume of clear water, a clean sand and gravel bottom, and a notable lack of trash or other debris...

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National, MassachusettsBob MallardJanuary 17, 2026New CampaignComment
Heritage Waters IPA
Heritage Waters IPA

In early spring 2023, NFC was approached by Northwoods Brewing Co. out of Northwood, New Hampshire, about developing a beer commemorating Maine’s State Heritage Fish waters.…

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National, MaineBob MallardJanuary 16, 2026Fund-RaiserComment
Ohio NFC Hosts Seining Event for Students at Hocking College...
Ohio NFC Hosts Seining Event for Students at Hocking College...

The Ohio chapter of NFC hosted a seining event for members of the Hocking College Fish & Wildlife Club…

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National, OhioBob MallardMay 4, 2025New CampaignComment
Georgia's Sweetwater Creek Gets First Shoal Bass Signs...
Georgia's Sweetwater Creek Gets First Shoal Bass Signs...

GA NFC worked with Interpretive Ranger Adrian Fox from Sweetwater Creek State Park, and Jeff Wright from Alpharetta Outfitters…

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National, GeorgiaBob MallardApril 19, 2025New ChapterComment
A Small But Symbolic Win for WV Brook Trout...
A Small But Symbolic Win for WV Brook Trout...

NFC has been trying to get two of the pictures on the WV DNR informational webpage for brook trout changed out for something more biologically accurate and ecologically responsible…

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National, West VirginiaBob MallardMarch 20, 2025Closed CampaignComment
NFC Spotlights Lake- and Pond-Dwelling Brook Trout on Travelling Exhibit...
NFC Spotlights Lake- and Pond-Dwelling Brook Trout on Travelling Exhibit...

Joey offered NFC an opportunity to include a kiosk as well…

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National, MaineBob MallardFebruary 27, 2025New CampaignComment
Georgia's Sweetwater Creek to Get Shoal Bass Signs...
Georgia's Sweetwater Creek to Get Shoal Bass Signs...

Nonnative spotted bass pose a threat to native shoal bass in Sweetwater Creek and other Georgia waters…

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National, GeorgiaBob MallardFebruary 27, 2025New ChapterComment
Georgia NFC Helps Address ORV Damaged Brook Trout Headwater Stream...
Georgia NFC Helps Address ORV Damaged Brook Trout Headwater Stream...

Georgia NFC board member Palmer Henson recently asisted the Five Rivers conservation club at University of Georgia place coir mats and logs…

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National, GeorgiaBob MallardFebruary 2, 2025New CampaignComment
Vermont's Winooski River Gets First Rare Non-Gamefish Signs...
Vermont's Winooski River Gets First Rare Non-Gamefish Signs...

The first signs were recently posted by VT NFC with help from Winooski Valley Park District…

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National, VermontBob MallardNovember 22, 2024Campaign UpdateComment
Vermont Gets First Endangered Sturgeon Signs...
Vermont Gets First Endangered Sturgeon Signs...

As part of a multi-state initiative, Vermont NFC just got its first endangered sturgeon signs…

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National, VermontBob MallardNovember 19, 2024Campaign UpdateComment
South Carolina Gets Rare Bartram's Bass Signs...
South Carolina Gets Rare Bartram's Bass Signs...

South Carolina is home to a rare form of redeye bass known as Bartram’s bass…

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National, South CarolinaBob MallardNovember 8, 2024New CampaignComment
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Phone: 207-399-6270

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