Jerry Packard, Longtime Guide And Operator Of Packard Camps Receives Legendary Maine Guide Award
 Jerry Packard with his family
Jerry Packard, a longtime guide in the Sebec Lake region and the fourth-generation operator of Packard?s Camps, was presented with the Wiggie Robinson Legendary Maine Guide Award by MDIFW Deputy Commissioner Tim Peabody at the Maine Professional Guides Association annual banquet last week.
Packard received multiple nominations from a variety of people who all mentioned his outstanding skills as a guide and woodsman. In her nomination, Jerry?s daughter Laura wrote, ?the entire state of Maine has benefitted from his lifetime legacy of generosity, commitment to resource conservation, ethics, public service and devotion to promoting sporting opportunities.?
Jerry knows the woods and waters of the Sebec Lake area like no other and was always willing to help with any kind of emergency. Before there were organized search and rescue teams, there was Jerry Packard, leading successful searches for lost hunters and hikers.
He recognized the importance of being a guide and valued the tradition of Maine Sporting Camps. He was a founding member of the Maine Sporting Camp Association and later became president of that group.
Along with guiding, Jerry was very active in his community as town selectman, chair of the school board, member of the board of directors for Mayo Hospital and the Sebec Lake Association, and an examiner for the MDIFW Guides Examiner board.
Jerry was a conservationist long before the term was ever utilized. He recognized the importance of protecting and preserving the Maine outdoors. He worked hard to ensure continued public access to Sebec Lake and Earley?s Falls, provided valuable information to game wardens, and provided invaluable biological data for fisheries through his camps.
Congratulations Jerry!
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The Legendary Guide Award is presented annually to a member of the Registered Maine Guide profession who has served as a leader within Maine?s outdoor community. The award was created in 2009 in memory of Wilmot ?Wiggie? Robinson.
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