Since 2014, trout fishing in North Carolina's mountains ... "Fishing is a big deal to North Carolina and to Western North Carolina." Will Hofmann is the Growth and Development Reporter for the ...

WorldAtlas writers included Boone, Bryson City and more on a list of the "coolest" NC towns for a 2025 summer vacation.

In total, the program manages approximately 5,400 miles and 2,600 acres of trout waters in North Carolina's 26 western counties. NCWRC hatcheries produce and stock about one million brook ...

Many of the trout that anglers in Western North Carolina fish are stocked through North Carolina’s Public Mountain Trout Waters Program. But many hatcheries that supply the trout were severely ...

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s Armstrong State Fish Hatchery was destroyed by Tropical Storm Helene. About 600,000 trout died at the facility after it was flooded and water intake ...

Press release from N.C Wildlife Resources Commission: The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) has completed its revised spring and summer Delayed Harvest and Hatchery Supported trout ...

Two Western North Carolina river corridors have been placed on a yearly list of America's most endangered historic places, in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Helene's devastating effects.

When the coastal Lowcountry begins to smolder during the dog days of summer, anglers making an excursion to the cold water trout streams of Western North Carolina can reel in some relief.

Nearly 600,000 trout grown by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission died at a McDowell County hatchery during the rains brought by Hurricane Helene, the state agency has reported. Landslides and ...