Unfortunately, nonnative and highly invasive smallmouth bass have infested the Rapid River. They entered the river from Umbagog Lake on the Maine/New Hampshire border…
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In the spring of 2018, the Maine chapter of NFC undertook NFCs largest volunteer effort to date. An aggressive undertaking even for a large well-established organization…
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Massachusetts Chair Bob Dalton joined MA Fish and Wildlife to survey a small stream in Franklin County recently…
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While many have stepped up, and some have exceeded all expectations; Leslie, Jim and Matt Kelly have posted more waters to date than anyone else.
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Anadromous river herring (also referred to as alewife), shad, and lamprey (a unique and ancient form of jawless fish)…
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East Jersey TU approached NFC to support their request to have a small dam on Bear Swamp Brook on state property in NJ removed…
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Ten conservation groups and a number of scientists, advocates, and authors, have petitioned Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW)…
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Like New Jersey and Rhode Island, Maryland is moving the needle in the right direction in regard to wild native brook trout management…
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The Rapid River in Maine is the premier wild native brook trout river in the United States, and one of the finest wild native trout rivers in the nation…
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The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW) has reversed course in regard to a proposal to stocking nonnative brown trout in Patrick Lake in Washington County…
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As most know, Atlantic salmon are not only federally endangered, they are in fact critically...
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NFC has made Vermont’s highest-in-native-range daily limit on brook trout in rivers and streams a priority…
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Like most college programs, at least academic, the program is short on funds and some of the equipment had become old and in some cases, less than ideal…
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Few waters in the northeast have been written about as much as Rhode Island’s Wood River over the past few years. Finally there is some good news…
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The Maine Field Office of U.S. Fish & Wildlife has recognized and posted the informational Atlantic salmon signs ME NFC partnered with Downeast Salmon Federation…
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The Maine chapter of Native Fish Coalition (ME NFC) and Downeast Salmon Federation worked with Maine Department of Marine Resources…
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Maine NFC Board Member Richard Joyce has put together an interactive map showing waters in need of State Heritage Fish signs…
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Maine NFC just received approval for a custom State Heritage Fish sign for waters so designated located on Passamaquoddy tribal lands…
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Effective November 24, 2018, the Maine Department of Marine Resources will be imposing a 25” maximum length limit on brown trout to help protect adult Atlantic salmon from accidental harvest due to species identification…
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The Maine chapter of NFC has developed a portable water pumping system for use at Floods Pond in conjunction with the University of Maine’s ongoing rare Arctic charr study…
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