Registered Maine Guides
Foot Races
Maine Guides have a long and colorful history in Maine . Grand Lake Stream boasts the largest concentration of registered guides in the state . Maine Guides are recognized around the world as the gold standard in their outdoor skills and knowledge . Guides support conservation and education efforts that ensure the future of guiding . They provide quality service , promote safety , obey all laws , cooperate with wildlife officials and landowners , and support conservation and education , Guides are certified in one or more categories : hunting , fishing , recreation , sea kayaking or whitewater rafting .
MDI Marathon , International Marathon , Downeast Conservation Run , Sunrise Trail Relay , Bridge the Gap , and many smaller runs
Fisheries / Hatcheries
Craig Brook National Fish Hatchery
Green Lake National Fish Hatchery
Grand Lake Stream State Fish Hatchery
Peter Gray Hatchery
Craig Brook raises and stocks seven river specific brood stocks of Atlantic salmon for Maine waters . Public facilities include boat launch , picnic areas , nature trail with interpretive signs , an indoor Visitor Center with watershed , stewardship and historical themed displays , library and archives , Atlantic salmon fly fishing museum , conference room and meeting facilities .
A large-scale cold water hatchery that raises eight river-specific strains of healthy Atlantic salmon for recovering endangered Atlantic salmon to Gulf of Maine rivers . Three out of every four Atlantic salmon returning to U . S . waters come from the Green Lake National Fish Hatchery . Tours , education programs .
One of the oldest sites of fish hatchery activities in the country . Supplies the West Grand strain of landlocked salmon and provides three quarters of the salmon used in Maine ' s stocking program . Guided tours , education programs .
Downeast Salmon Federation operates the Peter Gray Parr project salmon conservation program , a unique project that uses world class rewilding processes and has had proven success toward the recovery of wild Atlantic salmon . Offers guided tours , citizen science and other community volunteer events .
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