Emily sits with Stephen Hand, Registered Maine Guide and Outdoor Programs Director at Maine Sport Outfitters in Rockport, Maine. Continuing a multi-generational family tradition of working in the great outdoors ~ discover the ancestors, places and experiences that continue to inspire Stephen's adept guiding skills, intrinsic teaching ability and genuine love of land and sea. Learn what actually transpires to become certified in all five classifications of professional guiding in the Pine Tree State, a place where the natural world will take even a fourth-generation Mainer's breath away.
Links
Stephen Hand demonstrating kayaking safety tips for Maine Sport Outfitters:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9RHcc5nvP4
Maine Sport Outfitters:
https://mainesport.com/pages/about
Registered Maine Guide information:
https://www.maine.gov/ifw/programs-resources/registered-maine-guides/index.html
Nickerson Farm in Lincolnville, Maine:
https://www.facebook.com/NickersonFarm/?ref=page_internal
History of Nickerson Farm in Lincolnville, Maine:
https://www.penbaypilot.com/article/week-lincolnville-remembering-way-life/96518
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TMC's theme song "Hearts as Full as the Moon" is courtesy of Oshima Brothers:
https://www.oshimabrothers.com/
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