Maine NFC Attends White Nose Pete Festival...

Maine NFC attended the White Nose Pete Festival in historic Rangeley, Maine, in mid June 2023. Home to the largest concentration of river and large lake populations of wild native brook trout in the nation, Rangeley was also once home to roughly 1/3 of the wild native Arctic charr in the continental United States.

NFC’s table at the event was supported by outgoing ME Chair Tom Johnson, incoming Vice Chair Savanna Petenaude, and incoming Chair Larry Bastian.

As goes Rangeley, Maine, so goes large wild native brook trout in the state of Maine. Unfortunately, nonnative and highly invasive smallmouth bass have found their way into several critically important waters in the area.