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Grant Winner -- "Live the Legend"
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The Rangeley
Region Guides and Sportsmen's Association (RRG&SA) was selected to be a
recipient of a 2006 FFIM Grant for funds to be used in the establishment
of an exciting new program that partners teenagers and fly-fishing with
mentoring, fly-casting skill development, conservation awareness and
statewide education. This new program will be called "Live the Legend".
"Live the Legend", is designed to focus on teens, ages 13-15. The program
will promote fly-fishing through a hands-on experience session, and
contribute to the education of natural resource conservation, regional
history, fisheries management and self-fulfillment. Personal experiences
will transmit mentoring to participant's peers on a local and statewide
level, where deliverables from the program will sustainably demonstrate
the
relationship between fishing, education, history and conservation.
The program will facilitate a three day, two night tour which includes
fly-fishing the Rapid River, Middle Dam tailrace and Kennebago Lake. Two
Maine Professional Guides, a representative from the Maine Department of
Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, and a representative from the Rangeley
Region Guides and Sportsmen's Association will accompany the trip. The
project will deliver coverage on a MDIFW television show and a movie/video
of the event (available to regional schools and incorporated into summer
youth programs throughout the State of Maine).
It is anticipated that 4-5 teens, one from each of the regional schools in
proximity to the Rangeley Lakes Region, to participate in the program.
Each student will be selected based on a brief essay they will submit by
February 2006. Their essay will describe their personal outdoor
experiences and why the "Live the Legend" tour would benefit their growth
as an outdoorsman/outdoorswoman.
Each teen will be outfitted with a flyrod/reel combo, vest and waders. It
is proposed that a generous contribution from a major outfitter will
furnish this equipment to the teens to keep forever. If the proposal is
declined, the RRG&SA will provide a complete loaner outfit to utilize for
the Tour.
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