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Over the years I have worked for a couple of conservation groups and the state fish and wildlife agency. Since adding legislative work to my duties for the Maine Professional Guides Association last winter I have had opportunities to work on issues that also involved various conservation and environmental groups.

Their discomfort with working guides has become crystal clear to me; as if earning a living outdoors was somehow not appropriate. This thinking has been communicated in a dozen ways from outwardly calling guides “dirty” to forming and funding their own “guides” group.

The weather in Maine usually turns markedly colder around Thanksgiving and this year was no exception. Temperatures have been well below normal all week and many of our lakes and ponds are already ice covered. I am usually able to get out for a little fishing in late November and early December. I tried on Wednesday I really did but the high for the afternoon was thirty one degrees with a northeasterly breeze and snow flurries.

I have been asked to present to a class on forest resources about a career in guiding as a possibility for them later this week. At the same time the Maine Professional guides Association has launched a new website that requires members to log in and update their own listings and information.  As the Associations Executive Director I have been asked to work with the Guides Advisory Board on information that clients should get before they sign up with a guide.