The following represents a request made by NFC and a coalition of conservation organizations, scientists, and activists, to Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to look into listing Atlantic salmon under Maine’s Endangered Species Act (MESA)…
Read MoreWe do not believe enough time has elapsed since its chemical reclamation in 2011 to declare Big Reed [Pond] as fully recovered…
Read MoreNFC’s analysis of Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife North Zone live bait restriction proposal.
Read MoreOnce badly polluted, the Androscoggin River helped drive the critically important Clean Water Act…
Read MoreMaine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW) is proposing to stock nonnative brown trout in Patrick Lake in Downeast Maine, the headwaters of the East Machias River, home to federally endangered Atlantic salmon…
Read MoreMaine NFC and DOwneast Salmon Federation submitted a letter of opposition in regard to the proposed stocking of nonnative brown trout in a federally endangered Atlantic salmon watershed.
Read MoreMaine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW) recently created a series of working groups to help develop frameworks for managing the states various fish species…
Read MoreThe Recovering America's Wildlife Act is a critical initiative that should be supported by any and all conservationists, hunters, and anglers.
Read MoreA post-revision look at Maine’s North Zone live bait proposal…
Read MoreMaine NFC chimes in on July 2019 MDIFW proposed regulations package…
Read MoreMaine NFC chimes in on land-use bill. The bill deals with development in the unincorporated territories...
Read MoreMaine NFC’s formal written comments pertaining to IFW’s proposed live bait restrictions for the North Zone.
Read MoreNFC Vice Chair Bob Mallard writes about the native fish of Baxter State Park in in Friends of Baxter State Park News…
Read MoreWhile working on signs for State Heritage Fish waters on Passamaquoddy tribal land, the Maine chapter of NFC talked to the tribe about a water on their land that has been eligible for inclusion in the program for over three years…
Read MoreMaine NFC does not necessarily agree with ME IFWs position that nonnative alewives entered Beech Hill Pond via an “illegal introduction,” which while it can mean any illegal act, implies to many a deliberate stocking…
Read MoreMaine NFC provides written testimony as to the management of fisheries resources in the new Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument...
Read MoreCustom State Heritage Fish sign for waters on Penobscot National tribal lands.
Read MoreSea-Run brook trout sign for Downeast Maine rivers and streams.
Read MoreNonnative and highly invasive smallmouth bass are well-established downstream of Middle Dam and throughout the Rapid River and Umbagog Lake, threatening the regions native brook trout and other species of fish and wildlife…
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