The NCFishes.com Team has reported on North Carolina’s lampreys twice in our blogs — Distribution of American Brook Lamprey, Lethenteron appendix, in North Carolina (January 30, 2023) and Lamprey (Family … Read more
In North Carolina, the Freshwater Drum, Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque, 1819 (Figure 1), is indigenous to the western Mountain river basins where until recently, had been known from only a handful … Read more
Written by Holly Kays, Smoky Mountain News, Waynesville, NC, Wednesday, August 09, 2023 The Little Tennessee River isn’t deep as it flows through the patchwork Needmore Game Lands near the … Read more
Written by Holly Kays, Smoky Mountain News, Waynesville, NC, Wednesday, August 02, 2023 When the impending closure of Canton’s paper mill was announced in March, conservation professionals predicted a swift … Read more
Submitted by Bryn H. Tracy and Brena K. Jones Reprinted from the Summer 2023 Issue of the Newsletter of the North Carolina Chapter of the American Fisheries Society On the … Read more
A Candidate Conservation Agreement (CCA) was finalized in 2015 for the undescribed Sicklefin Redhorse, Moxostoma sp., and was signed by primary partners: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), North Carolina … Read more