As a member of our Board of Directors Tenley chairs the Membership Committee and participates in SAM-ILA.
Tenley’s passionate and dedicated service to advocating on behalf of Maine’s sporting community for conservation, fisheries, and wildlife spans over 30 years:
- Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Advisory Council member representing Androscoggin, Kennebec, and Sagadahoc counties
- Maine Office of Tourism & Maine Professional Guides Association Working Group member
- Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Salmon Working Group
- Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Non-Resident Hunter Task Force
- Aroostook County Tourism Board
- Sportsmen’s/Forest Landowner’s Alliance (SFLA) Board Member representing the Maine Professional Guides Association
- Maine Wildlife Conservation Council Regional Fundraising Team Leader
- Maine Professional Guides Association Board of Directors and 2014 recipient of the Maine Professional Guides Distinguished Service Award
- National Wild Turkey Federation Cranberry Country Longbeards Chapter Vice President
- Ducks Unlimited Merrymeeting Bay Chapter Banquet Committee
- Friends of Merrymeeting Bay Advisory Council
- Eagle Lake Winter Riders and Eagle Lake Trail Blazers President
- Master Maine Guide since 1999 and founder of As the Crow Flies Guide Service
Tenley was spokesperson for the 2004 Maine Wildlife Conservation Council’s “Vote No on 2” campaign speaking publicly at numerous events and appearing on TV, radio, and public debate panels in southern, central, and downeast Maine as she advocated for Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife world class bear management program; the referendum’s attempt at “ballot box biology” was resoundingly defeated.
You may also know Tenley as the former owner of Fish River Lodge, located along the shores of Eagle Lake on the Fish River chain of lakes in Aroostook County. She spent 14 years improving the facilities and rebuilding the business’s clientele while also a full time Master Maine Guide.
