3 Restoration Projects in Maine: Bald Eagles, the Penobscot River and American Chestnuts at The Gilley April 19

Ray "Bucky" Owen, the former Commissioner of the Maine Department of Inland and Fisheries and Wildlife will share insights on 3 successful conversation projects in Maine on Saturday, April 19th at 1 :30 p.m. at the Wendell Gilley Museum in Southwest Harbor.

This program is FREE and co-sponsored by Downeast Trout Unlimited. The course will be offered in-person and online via ZOOM.

Registration is required HERE. Please indicate where you will be attending in-person or online. For online attendees, a link will be sent to you the day before the program.

Mr. Owen spent 31 years as a faculty member at the University of Maine in wildlife ecology, including chairing the Wildlife Department for a decade. In 1993, he was appointed Commissioner of MDIFW during the governorship of Angus King. During his tenure there he launched the Quality Fishing Initiative, a program that made sweeping changes to how Maine's wild native brook trout were managed. He also served as chair of the Maine Chapter of The Nature Conservancy, chair of the Orono Land Trust, and chairman for the Maine Atlantic Salmon Commission. He was a U.S. delegate to the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization, and a key player along with his wife, Sue, in the Penobscot River Restoration Project to remove dams and restore eleven species of migratory fish to the waters of the Penobscot, working closely with the Penobscot Nation.

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