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CAROLE DYER, right, of Bowdoinham was recently honored with 2017 Lifetime Achievement Awards by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. The award was presented to Dyer and Giguere in a brief ceremony in front of family and friends by IFW Commissioner Chandler Woodcock at the annual Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine banquet.The award, one of the department’s highest honors, celebrates a lifetime of achievement and mentoring in Maine’s outdoors. Dyer, the first female recipient of the award, was noted for her over 40 years in the outdoors, and her tireless work in teaching others practical skills and appreciation of the Maine outdoors. For years, she has volunteered as an instructor at Becoming an Outdoors Woman; served on boards for the Land for Maine’s Future, The Forest Society of Maine, and Durham Rod and Gun Club; and is a driving force for the Ruffed Grouse Society of Maine. The award was also presented to Gabriel “Gabby” Giguere of Lewiston, not pictured.
CAROLE DYER, right, of Bowdoinham was recently honored with 2017 Lifetime Achievement Awards by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. The award was presented to Dyer and Giguere in a brief ceremony in front of family and friends by IFW Commissioner Chandler Woodcock at the annual Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine banquet.The award, one of the department’s highest honors, celebrates a lifetime of achievement and mentoring in Maine’s outdoors. Dyer, the first female recipient of the award, was noted for her over 40 years in the outdoors, and her tireless work in teaching others practical skills and appreciation of the Maine outdoors. For years, she has volunteered as an instructor at Becoming an Outdoors Woman; served on boards for the Land for Maine’s Future, The Forest Society of Maine, and Durham Rod and Gun Club; and is a driving force for the Ruffed Grouse Society of Maine. The award was also presented to Gabriel “Gabby” Giguere of Lewiston, not pictured.

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