NFC Announces Alabama Chapter
The Alabama backcountry - trout streams without trout…
“Alabama is said to be home to more species of fish — more than 450 in 29 families — than any state or province in North America.”
NFC is excited to announce the launch of an Alabama chapter, our first non salmonid state. This not only leapfrogs our more or less geographically contiguous growth to-date, but it puts NFC as far south as you can go. It also reinforces NFC’s “fish” versus “trout” model.
As an angler centric group, much of our focus will be on rare species of black bass: Alabama, shoal, Redeye (or Coosa), Cahaba, Chattahoochee, Tallapoosa, and Warrior. Some of these species are stream-resident, occupying habitat that if further north would be home to brook trout.
Alabama is also home to numerous rare, and even endangered, fish, some of which can only be found in one place. This includes spring pygmy sunfish - declared extinct twice, blind cave fish, Alabama sturgeon, and several species of darter.
“While most species can be found in multiple river systems, some are present in just one river system, stream, spring, or cave.”
Special thanks to founding Chair Matthew Lewis, Vice Chair Jonathan Kelley, Secretary Steve Scoggins, and members at large Harvey Cotton, Bobby Davis, Brandon Jackson, Jeff Lollar, Drew Morgan, and Jack West, as well as National Vice Chair Emily Bastian for making this happen.
