January 31, 2018 at 4:57 pm
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Richard Dilley has volunteered for over 18 years, helping steward MDIFW lands and helping out on countless other projects for the department.[/caption]
It takes a lot of good people working together to accomplish the variety of work programs undertaken by MDIFW. From wardens to biologists to support staff, there are many people managing a variety of important task to protect and enhance the fish and wildlife resources of the state of Maine.
A less known group of unheralded support comes from those who volunteer their time in various capacities to help us accomplish our mission. Volunteers can be found through-out the department from assisting fishery biologists collect angler data, helping care for animals at the Maine Wildlife Park, or monitoring conservation easements for the wildlife division.
This year marks the eighteenth anniversary of one special volunteer, Mr. Richard Dilley of Mt. Vernon. Dick began his relationship with the department in 2000, when a chance encounter with Bureau Director James Connolly led to some much need help with property improvements to the newly acquired Green Point Wildlife Management Area in Dresden.
Dick volunteered his tractor and time to help remove stumps and create fields. Dick was an active member of the local chapter of NAVHDA dog club and his initial efforts have resulted in a very long and cooperative relationship between the department and the various dog clubs that utilize our properties. Dick initially mowed fields to maintain habitat conditions for wildlife and now supports other volunteers to continue this much-needed effort.
Dick has become a regular at the Sidney Regional Headquarters where every Thursday he shows up dutifully to take on an assignment. He monitors over thirty conservation easements annually, monitors winter severity, baits and traps deer, maintains nest boxes, collects deer biological data, provides engineering opinions on various projects and brings a wealth of wisdom and experience to the younger bucks in Sidney.
Dick was born and raised in southern Ohio where he grew up hunting and fishing the wilds and woods near the Kentucky and West Virginia state lines. Dick attended Ohio University in Athens where he studied engineering and graduated in 1958. Dick had a stellar career of thirty-one years with Lockheed Martin and subsequently provided consulting services to British Aerospace. Dick primarily lived in NH but purchased an historic home in Mt. Vernon and moved to that home to become a resident of Maine in 1994. His wife of sixty years, Ann-Marie teaches horse riding lessons locally. They have one daughter, Jennie and one grand-daughter who visit frequently from New Hampshire. Dick is partial to his two Wirehaired Pointing Griffons, Parker shotguns and his favorite month is October. We are blessed to have him and very much appreciate the volunteer efforts he brings to the Wildlife Division.
Richard Dilley has volunteered for over 18 years, helping steward MDIFW lands and helping out on countless other projects for the department.[/caption]
It takes a lot of good people working together to accomplish the variety of work programs undertaken by MDIFW. From wardens to biologists to support staff, there are many people managing a variety of important task to protect and enhance the fish and wildlife resources of the state of Maine.
A less known group of unheralded support comes from those who volunteer their time in various capacities to help us accomplish our mission. Volunteers can be found through-out the department from assisting fishery biologists collect angler data, helping care for animals at the Maine Wildlife Park, or monitoring conservation easements for the wildlife division.
This year marks the eighteenth anniversary of one special volunteer, Mr. Richard Dilley of Mt. Vernon. Dick began his relationship with the department in 2000, when a chance encounter with Bureau Director James Connolly led to some much need help with property improvements to the newly acquired Green Point Wildlife Management Area in Dresden.
Dick volunteered his tractor and time to help remove stumps and create fields. Dick was an active member of the local chapter of NAVHDA dog club and his initial efforts have resulted in a very long and cooperative relationship between the department and the various dog clubs that utilize our properties. Dick initially mowed fields to maintain habitat conditions for wildlife and now supports other volunteers to continue this much-needed effort.
Dick has become a regular at the Sidney Regional Headquarters where every Thursday he shows up dutifully to take on an assignment. He monitors over thirty conservation easements annually, monitors winter severity, baits and traps deer, maintains nest boxes, collects deer biological data, provides engineering opinions on various projects and brings a wealth of wisdom and experience to the younger bucks in Sidney.
Dick was born and raised in southern Ohio where he grew up hunting and fishing the wilds and woods near the Kentucky and West Virginia state lines. Dick attended Ohio University in Athens where he studied engineering and graduated in 1958. Dick had a stellar career of thirty-one years with Lockheed Martin and subsequently provided consulting services to British Aerospace. Dick primarily lived in NH but purchased an historic home in Mt. Vernon and moved to that home to become a resident of Maine in 1994. His wife of sixty years, Ann-Marie teaches horse riding lessons locally. They have one daughter, Jennie and one grand-daughter who visit frequently from New Hampshire. Dick is partial to his two Wirehaired Pointing Griffons, Parker shotguns and his favorite month is October. We are blessed to have him and very much appreciate the volunteer efforts he brings to the Wildlife Division.Categories