David Boucher

David was a long time supporter and member of the Maine fisheries and wildlife department. He was awarded the highest honor the Anderson Award. He was awarded this posthumously. "Dave began his career as a student research assistant for IFW while he was at the University of Maine in the early 1980s. After short stints at IFW’s Palermo Fish Hatchery and the Department of Environmental Protection, Dave was hired as an assistant regional fisheries biologist in the Belgrade Lakes Region in 1988, where he worked until he transferred to the Rangeley Lakes region in 1995.

In his 17 years in the Rangeley Lakes region, Dave became well known for protecting and enhancing the area’s trout and salmon fisheries. In 2006, he coauthored “Maine Landlocked Salmon: Life History, Ecology and Management.” During that time, Dave also directed the fisheries dive team, and was the Department’s lead researcher on landlocked salmon."(source: Department of Inland Fisheries and wildlife)