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 proposal would change the three ponds protected under the Wild Trout Management Program from catch & release to a two-fish limit...
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Managed accordingly, [wild native brook trout] can provide consistent and reliable fishing that cannot be found elsewhere in NH and in many other states...
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NFC is looking to restore the the riparian area through tree-panting…
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NFC deployed 2 temperature loggers, one upstream and one downstream of a small timber cut, to dtermine what impact the tree removal was having on the stream…
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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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NFC undertook a season-long temperature monitoring effort in 2023 on Applebee Brook…
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While National NFC originally supported HB1417-FN, we have withdrawn our support…
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If you haven’t already seen it, there is a great video on Maine’s Allagash region, rare Arctic charr, wild native brook trout…
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NFC encourages the Commission to take decisive action to address the current status of the striped bass fishery, and adopt all measures which will increase the chance of rebuilding the stock by the 2029 target date…
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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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An overview and status of New Hampshire’s Wild Trout Management program...
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The Striped Bass Fishery Management Plan has never historically permitted the transfer of commercial quotas between jurisdictions. Transfer of commercial quotas would increase the harvest of spawning age females, putting future stock recruitment at risk…
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NFC Executive Director Bob Mallard was quoted in an article written by Amanda Gokee for New Hampshire Bulletin, that also ran in other publications…
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Representative of National and New Hampshire NFC, along with Pemigewasset, Ammonoosuc and Saco Valley TU; New Hampshire Fish and Game…
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The current trend in fish and aquatic ecosystem conservation is that all dams are bad, and all should be removed. Since its inception. While correct in theory, in practice this is not always the case…
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NFC believes the science-based inclusion criteria associated with the WTM program is sound…
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An overview of a proposal to replace a culvert on Applebee Brook in Carroll, New Hampshire…
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An overview of a proposal to remove the dam at the outlet of so-called “Breeder Pond” in Franconia Notch, New Hampshire…
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Brook trout are New Hampshire’s official freshwater fish. It is the species of fish most associated with New Hampshire, and important to the state ecologically, socially, and economically…
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