Manmade informal rock dams are harmful to fish and other aquatic wildlife. They can prevent fish from reaching critical thermal refuge and spawning habitat…
Read MoreHelp 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...
Read MoreIf 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.…
Read MoreNFC 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…
Read MoreTo better understand the impact of the lack of fish-passage, NFC installed two temperature loggers at locations upstream and downstream of the culvert…
Read MoreRaised in a suburb just outside of Boston, NFC Executive Director Bob Mallard was fascinated by the cities network of subterranean streams...
Read MorePennsylvania NFC is working with other organizations, agencies, and businesses to better understand the impact of vertical flow wetlands in regard to water temperature…
Read MoreSpecies at the extreme edges of their native range are more likely to be stressed by changes in weather patterns than other populations…
Read MoreWe 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...
Read MoreIn 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.…
Read MoreThe goal was to understand what species of fish could and could not live in the stream…
Read MoreNew Hampshire gets first endangered sturgeon informational signs as part of a multi-state project…
Read MorePennsylvania NFC hopes these signs bring more awareness to the presence of the wild native brook trout and interest in protecting them…
Read MoreWhile most of what NFC does with regard to informational signage spotlight species and life history strategy presence, it is equally as important to spotlight the loss of such…
Read MoreIn total, these two eels had to travel more than 100 miles to get to where they were captured…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreWhile walking Cheesecake Brook, NFC observed far more fish than we believed were present in the stream…
Read MoreIn 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…
Read MoreThis 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…
Read MoreFriends 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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