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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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In total, these two eels had to travel more than 100 miles to get to where they were captured…
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The project was more about proof-of-concept than actual impact as you cannot remove what took years to accumulate in just a few hours of manual work…
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While walking Cheesecake Brook, NFC observed far more fish than we believed were present in the stream…
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In order to understand what other species of fish could be in Cold Spring Brook within Cold Spring Park, NFC toured the next downstream segement of stream…
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This year we thought we would get more specific by spotlighting what species of fish are and are not native to Maine, as well as what native species have been moved around…
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Friends of Trout Brook will be doing their first public event, Dover Days Fair, on Saturday, September 13, from 10am to 3pm…
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The presence of eel, carp, and sucker upstream of the cement slab indicates that fish are utilizing the stream…
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The popular Height of Land scenic vista located on the Rangeley Lakes National Scenic Byway will soon be getting an informational kiosk denoting the important role Arctic charr played…
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New Hampshire NFC Chair Aliess John recently joined Jared Lamy and Ben Nugent from NH Fish and Game…
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