I spent the last week traveling to Louisville KY for a meeting of the US Forest Service Region 9 Recreation Resource Advisory Committee. We are the citizen board that recommends changes to fee structures in the various National Forests in the northeast (from Maine to Wisconsin and South to Kentucky. I am the representative of non motorized guides on the committee.

Saturday evening at the 38^th annual Maine Professional Guides Associations Annual Banquet I was surprised with the Associations Outstanding Service Award. I was and am humbled to be recognized by a room full of folks that I respect and admire. The collective woods skill and storytelling ability in a room with a couple hundred working guides in it is nothing to take lightly and I do not.

In spite of the current weather forecast; snow tonight and tomorrow it really is spring and time to start gearing up for the coming season. This year the website got a complete redesign one intended to be easier to use on any device. A redesigned reservation flow intended to make reserving your trip a snap while providing all of the information that you need..