NFC National Advisory Council member, and founder of the Lonesome Larry project, Topher Jones, spent the day with Idaho Fish and Game posting informational sockeye salmon signs…
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The Pennsylvania Chapter of Native Fish Coalition had a table to inform attendees of the organization and its mission to protect, preserve, and restore Pennsylvania’s wild native fishes…
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As the kids return to school, the weather transitions from summer to fall, and families shift gears for the school year, the recreational masses abandon our streams, leaving behind cairns, rock dams, and other stream alterations…
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Sadly, the sign at Bald Mountain Pond is as likely to denote what was there as it is what is there…
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On August 5th, Massachusetts NFC board member Jeff Moore helped MA Fish and Wildlife e-fish a small stream less than 15 miles southeast of Boston…
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As a conservation non-profit, we need to do everything we can to limit our environmental footprint and resource consumption, or walk the walk not just talk the talk…
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A couple of years ago, the Maine chapter of NFC joined into a partnership with Downeast Salmon Federation and Sea Run Brook trout Coalition, to undertake a study to determine whether brook trout in a multi-stream costal bay environment demonstrated inter-stream movement…
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While we do not have a presence in the state yet, NFC worked with Lonesome Larry Project, Idaho Fish & Game, and Shoshone-Bannock Fish and Game Department to develop a set of informational signs pertaining to endangered sockeye salmon…
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Led by Vice Chair Michael Jastremski, the Connecticut Chapter of NFC performed a live staking effort along a coldwater stream in the Housatonic River watershed in extreme western CT…
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The Vermont chapter of NFC worked with U.S. Forest Service, Vermont Fish & Wildlife, and Connecticut River Valley TU to develop an informational sign for the upper Deerfield River watershed…
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ME NFC in partnership with Maine Department of Marine Resources and Sea Run Brook Trout Coalition, have developed an informational sign for Midcoast and southern Maine sea-run brook trout rivers and streams…
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MA NFC Chair Bob Dalton and board members Spencer Belson, Kyle White, and David Morse, along with volunteers Brendan and Mike Murnane, Sean Ballou, and Jon Honea were back at work installing counting plates for the annual Shawsheen River herring count…
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NFC is excited to announce the launch of a new Ohio chapter. This will give NFC a 3-state contiguous footprint in the northeast and eastern Grate Lakes region along with Pennsylvania and West Virginia…
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As a bottom-feeder, sturgeon are sometimes accidentally caught by anglers in rivers and estuaries…
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After a long battle and a couple of setbacks, it looks as though Mill Pond Dam on the Oyster River in Durham, New Hampshire, is finally going to be removed…
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To date, Kerry has posted 42 signs on 33 waters. He has the 4th highest sign count, and the 2nd highest water count…
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In most cases NFC supports the removal of dams and other structures that restrict fish passage. However, there are times when the negative impacts outweigh the benefits, and if this project goes forward as planned, we believe this is one of those times…
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Like the American bald eagle and North American bison, Atlantic salmon represent a species that stands above all others in its scientific class in regard to power, strength, and endurance…
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The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife recently published a draft 2021–2035 Statewide Fisheries Management Plan for public review and input…
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This is a critical first step in what we hope will be an overhaul of how NH views and manages its wild native brook trout…
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