You can track the progress at mass.go/trout. A 5-mile stretch of the Deerfield River, downstream of the Fife Brook Dam in Florida, will purposefully not be stocked this year and for the next several ...

The initiative was spearheaded by a grassroots conservation group called Rewild the Deerfield River, which was formed by longtime anglers Kevin Parsons, Per Brandin and Square-Tail Anglers head ...