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Maine IFW 2023 Regulations Proposal a Major Step Backwards
Maine IFW 2023 Regulations Proposal a Major Step Backwards

This package represents a concerning reduction in protections for wild native salmonids, including State Heritage Fish waters and rare Arctic charr, through increased bag limits and/or decreased minimum length limits…

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National, MaineBob MallardSeptember 2, 2022New Campaign Comments
National NFC Advisory Council Member Topher Jones Getting it Done...
National NFC Advisory Council Member Topher Jones Getting it Done...

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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NationalBob MallardSeptember 1, 2022Campaign UpdateComment
PA NFC Chapter Hosts Station at the Susquehanna Valley Watershed Festival
PA NFC Chapter Hosts Station at the Susquehanna Valley Watershed Festival

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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National, PennsylvaniaBob MallardSeptember 1, 2022EventComment
Manmade Rock Dams: It's That Time Again...
Manmade Rock Dams: It's That Time Again...

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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NationalBob MallardAugust 23, 2022Campaign Update Comment
Maine's Bald Mountain Pond Gets Rare Arctic Charr Signs
Maine's Bald Mountain Pond Gets Rare Arctic Charr Signs

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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National, MaineBob MallardAugust 20, 2022Campaign UpdateComment
Massachusetts NFC Assists MA F&W With E-Fishing
Massachusetts NFC Assists MA F&W With E-Fishing

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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National, MassachusettsBob MallardAugust 17, 2022New CampaignComment
PA NFC Chimes in on Proposed Rules for Private Stocking
PA NFC Chimes in on Proposed Rules for Private Stocking

The proposed rulemaking creating a framework for stocking documentation brings Pennsylvania in line with other states in the nation and will improve the commission’s ability to protect our wild native fish species…

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PennsylvaniaBob MallardAugust 7, 2022New CampaignComment
NFC is Going Green(er)...
NFC is Going Green(er)...

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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NationalBob MallardAugust 5, 2022New CampaignComment
Joint DSF/NFC/SRBTC Sea-Run Brook Trout Study Gets Boost from AFFTA
Joint DSF/NFC/SRBTC Sea-Run Brook Trout Study Gets Boost from AFFTA

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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National, MaineBob MallardJuly 16, 2022Campaign UpdateComment
Idaho's Salmon River to Get Endangered Sockeye Salmon Informational Signs
Idaho's Salmon River to Get Endangered Sockeye Salmon Informational Signs

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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NationalBob MallardJune 24, 2022New CampaignComment
CT NFC Plants Trees and Cleans Up Local Stream
CT NFC Plants Trees and Cleans Up Local Stream

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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National, ConnecticutBob MallardMay 11, 2022New CampaignComment
Upper Deerfield Watershed in Vermont Gets Informational Brook Trout Signs
Upper Deerfield Watershed in Vermont Gets Informational Brook Trout Signs

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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National, VermontBob MallardApril 30, 2022New CampaignComment
ME NFC Posts Sea-Run Brook Trout Informational Signs in Midcoast Maine
ME NFC Posts Sea-Run Brook Trout Informational Signs in Midcoast Maine

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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National, MaineBob MallardApril 27, 2022New CampaignComment
MA NFC Restarts Annual River Herring Count on Shawsheen River
MA NFC Restarts Annual River Herring Count on Shawsheen River

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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National, MassachusettsBob MallardApril 27, 2022Campaign UpdateComment
NFC Launches New Ohio Chapter...
NFC Launches New Ohio Chapter...

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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National, OhioBob MallardApril 20, 2022New ChapterComment
Massachusetts Waters to Get Endangered/Threatened Sturgeon Signs
Massachusetts Waters to Get Endangered/Threatened Sturgeon Signs

As a bottom-feeder, sturgeon are sometimes accidentally caught by anglers in rivers and estuaries…

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National, MassachusettsBob MallardMarch 30, 2022New CampaignComment
Residents Vote to Remove Mill Pond Dam on NH's Oyster River
Residents Vote to Remove Mill Pond Dam on NH's Oyster River

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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National, New HampshireBob MallardMarch 11, 2022Campaign UpdateComment
South Carolina - We're Live!
South Carolina - We're Live!

NFC is excited to announce the launch of our new South Carolina chapter…

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South CarolinaBob MallardMarch 5, 2022New ChapterComment
Coming Soon: South Carolina NFC
Coming Soon: South Carolina NFC

We are excited to announce that South Carolina will be the next NFC chapter to go live…

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South CarolinaBob MallardFebruary 25, 2022New ChapterComment
ME State Heritage Fish Sign Volunteer Spotlight: Kerry Hegarty
ME State Heritage Fish Sign Volunteer Spotlight: Kerry Hegarty

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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National, MaineBob MallardJanuary 1, 2022Campaign UpdateComment
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