Bastian has walked a long, diverse path to her current role as vice chair of the NFC. She’s worked as a National Park Service ranger, a hutkeeper for the Appalachian Mountain Club, as a Maine guide, as a field biologist, and as a game warden…
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…
Read MorePeople who have removed harmful informal manmade rock dams…
Read MorePeople Who Have Adopted Signs and/or Ponds...
Read MorePeople Who Have Provided Financial Help...
Read MoreNative Fish Coalition (NFC) is writing in support of the proposed three-year suitability study for the Wild and Scenic River designation regarding the Nulhegan River and Paul Stream…
Read MoreMatt Lewis is literally the guy that wrote the book on fly fishing for redeye bass. Any quick google search for redeyes and you’re sure to come across Matt’s name many times…
Read More….redeye bass, a ferocious, brilliantly colored native fish that redefines what Southern bass fishing is all about.…
Read MoreI chat with Bob Mallard about his passion for wild, self-sustaining fish populations and how that passion led him to co-founding the Native Fish Coalition…
Read MoreBob Mallard is an authority on brook trout and contributes to many of the conservation efforts that are in place today.…
Read MoreNFC Executive Director (then National Vice Chair) Bob Mallard talks native fish with Fly Fishing Journeys…
Read MoreThey spoke about the purpose of the Native Fish Coalition, what the need is, and how the coalition hopes to change the conversation about wild fish and the protection of threatened species…
Read MoreHowever, there is no research on how these stocked fish might affect our native fish, particularly Alabama’s redeye bass, a species we are just beginning to understand…
Read MoreFurthermore, we believe there is too much emphasis on changing what is being stocked rather than simply lessening stocking…
Read MoreProtecting, conserving, and restoring Connecticut's remaining wild native brook trout is a primary concern for NFC…
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 MoreThe 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…
Read MoreNFC National Vice Chair Emily Bastian and ED Bob Mallard talk native fish with Fly Fishing Journeys…
Read MoreNFC believes the science-based inclusion criteria associated with the WTM program is sound…
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