I grew up in Rockport, Maine where I spent most of my play time as a child in the outdoors. My father taught me how to fish when I was very young and it has remained a favorite hobby of mine throughout the years.
I graduated from Unity College in 2004 with a B.S. in Environmental Science, Conservation Law Enforcement.
I work as a Public Relations Representative at the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife where much of my time is dedicated to working with children and families in the outdoors. I am the State Coordinator for the Hooked on Fishing Program, National Archery in the Schools Program and the Becoming an Outdoors Woman Program. I’m also a fly fishing instructor for Casting for Recovery www.castingforrecovery.org
I enjoy spending time outdoors and I strive to provide opportunity and inspiration for others to join me.
emily.maccabe@maine.gov
(207) 462-1017
www.mefishwildlife.com
Good hot afternoon, Emily.
I have read a few of your posts and I think what you are doing is a GREAT thing! Coming from an outdoors family wasn’t enough, now hubby, who is a disabled Veteran, and I live off grid up in T1-R8. We have to snowmobile into camp much of the winter, as the roads into camp become an ITS Trail come 1 January. We have a website that many follow on a daily basis, a blog (“The Inept Blog”), and a Facebook page which gets lots of attention. Many of those who view our pages/sites find it very hard to believe that we choose to live such a lifestyle. Living off grid wasn’t quite what we had in mind when we decided to stay at our camp for most of the year, and the comments we’ve recieved are so off the wall that I find it hard to believe that there are a lot of people out there that think we live like Grizzlie Adams. We find such comments fun, though it is not the impression we intentionally portray. Because of such comments, and even more fun questions we’ve been asked, I have started writing about our lifestyle here at camp, and am currently working a third book in my “Wild” Maine -Off Grid Adventure series of true accounts of our daily lives. It’s fun because many people just “don’t get” it, and we are often asked, “Are you guys for real?” I just wanted to share our little piece of heaven with another outdoors nut such as myself!
Keep up the GREAT work!
Hi Emily,
I work with Blood Knot Magazine. I couldn’t find your email address on your site, but if you could respond to me via email, I’d like to discuss with you your involvement with Casting for Recovery.
Thanks!
Matt