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…
Read MoreNFC Executive Director talks native fish, native fish conservation, Native Fish Coalition, and fishing and fish conservation in general with the folks at Fish Nerds…
Read MoreStocking 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…
Read MoreIf you haven’t already seen it, there is a great video on Maine’s Allagash region, rare Arctic charr, wild native brook trout…
Read MoreBelow is a partial list of retailers where Heritage Waters IPA can be found…
Read MoreNFC National Chair, former National Vice Chair and Maine Chair, and founding member Emily Bastian sat down to talk Maine, native fish, and Native Fish Coalition with the folks at Fly Line Podcast…
Read MoreNFC Executive Director Bob Mallard talked native fish and NFC with Great Days Outdoors in Alabama…
Read MoreThis sends the wrong message, and the way it was done was contrary to the intent of Maine’s rule-making laws…
Read MoreRedfin pickerel (Esox americanus americanus) are listed as Endangered [12 M.R.S.A. §10001 (19)] in accordance with the provisions of the Maine Endangered Species Act (MESA) [12 M.R.S.A. §12804]…
Read MoreWhile not about conservation, Mike and Bob talk about Maine’s wealth of wild native fish, as well as Bob’s involvement it trying to make sure they do not go away…
Read MoreIn 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…
Read MoreNFC Executive Director Bob Mallard goes on Maine Outdoors radio to talk about his recent book on Maine fly patterns and get’s ambushed into talking about stocking over rare wild native Arctic charr…
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Read MoreIn a period of just a few years, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has referred to the charr of Green Lake as native, nonnative, native again, “not firmly established”, and “likely indigenous.”…
Read MoreLike 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…
Read MoreHowever, we have some concerns regarding general positions and specific statements…
Read MoreFisheries management in Acadia National Park in Maine falls well short of what is being done in most other national parks when it comes to protecting wild native fish and stocking…
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