Censored by the Bangor Daily News: When One Door Closes Another One Opens Up

NATIVE FISH COALITION • September 28, 2026

When Native Fish Coalition Executive Director Bob Mallard submitted an article to the Bangor Daily News as a guest column, he was stunned that new Outdoor Editor, and former Maine Department fo Inland Fisheries and Wildlife employee, Susan Bard, would not run it. Believing that the piece was important, Bob posted it on the NFC blog as well as NFC’s Facebook page and his personal page. After a few weeks, he submitted it as an OpEd to the 3 largest southern Maine Newspapers. They ran it in all three. V. Paul Reynolds, publisher for the Northwoods Sporting Journal, ran the piece as well. So did Kennebec Valley Trout Unlimited. The piece rejected by the Bangor Daily News has seen exponentially more traffic than it would have had they run it.