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We're seeking nominations for the Wilmot (Wiggie) Robinson Legendary Maine Guide Award!
Registered Maine Guides are experienced and passionate outdoors men and women and each year the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife recognizes a member of the guiding community with the Wilmot (Wiggie) Robinson Legendary Guide Award [ [link removed] ].
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Criteria for this prestigious award is as follows:
* Must meet 20 year anniversary as a Registered Maine Guide. Active guide for 10 years
* Passes a criminal background check. Law abiding citizen with no arrests for committing a crime related to: Human injury, gun laws or major hunting or fishing violations for 20 years.
* Volunteer community service. Providing education about safety and survival in the Maine woods. Introducing and educating youth about the importance of the ecosystem found in the State of Maine.
* Active on boards or committees that enhances and promotes the importance of Maine's outdoor resources, ie: youth programs, scout leader, conservation education, safety instructor, search and rescue volunteer, active in Fish and Game club(s), guide license examiner, etc.
This award will be presented to the recipient at the annual Maine Professional Guides Association banquet in the spring of 2024.?
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If you know a deserving Registered Maine Guide, please complete?and submit a nomination by _February 17, 2024._ You can download the nomination packet [ [link removed] ] or submit a nomination online [ [link removed] ].?
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2022 Legendary Maine Guide
Jerry Packard
Jerry Packard with his family at the 2023 MPGA banquet
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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 spring.
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.
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