In most states, wild native brook trout in rivers and streams are afforded the least protection of any salmonid and many other game species, including stocked and nonnative fish…
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Bob and his hosts covered a lot of territory over a period of roughly 1 hour and 45 minutes…
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NFC Executive Director Bob Mallard recently say down to talk about wild native fish with Tenkara Angler…
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Unlike most state wild trout programs, Maine’s State Heritage Fish program is a law not a policy. It is also the most widely applied wild or native trout program in the country…
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NFC Executive Director Bob Mallard was recenty the guest on the Newton Conservators webinar series…
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The 2025 Maine State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP) shows that many of Maine’s native inland freshwater fishes are in decline, as evidenced by the fact that several species have been raised to a higher priority ranking…
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NFC Executive Director Bob Mallard recently talked native fish with Maine Outdoors radio…
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Maine NFC did an analysis of 2024 trout stocking to understand what was being stocked where, what it cost to do so, and who was paying for what…
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NFC was planning to support LD 77 as originally submitted…NFC does not support LD 77 with the proposed amendment because there is no funding allocated for wild native fish…
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NFC founding member, Maine inaugural chair and first state chair, original National Vice Chair, and now National Chair, Emily Bastian, is currently the subject of an advertisement put out by LL Bean...
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The last thing Maine needs is more stocked brook trout ponds, especially in areas surrounded by wild native brook trout waters...
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Protecting nonnative species in a State Heritage Fish Water is not consistent with the purpose of the law…
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We believe that the current Environmental Impact Statement does not accurately reflect the impact…
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NFC requests that the “waste of game” law be expanded to include all native fish, both game species and non-game species…
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NFC Executive Director talks native fish, native fish conservation, Native Fish Coalition, and fishing and fish conservation in general with the folks at Fish Nerds…
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Stocking hatchery lake trout over self-sustaining native lake trout in a high quality wild native brook trout water that is just five years away from State Heritage Fish designation…
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