Ifw Chief Says Path to Job Ran by Maine Lakes ; Observers Laud Avid Outdoorsman Chandler Woodcock for His Calm, Informed, Methodical Approach. Series: Profiling the Cabinet: An Occasional Series Profiling the Members of Gov. Lepage's Cabinet. Today, We Look at Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Commissioner Chandler Woodcock.

Portland Press Herald › April 11, 2011

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Many know Chandler Woodcock as the fastidious senator who wore bow ties, or the former winning basketball coach who always kept his cool.

But Woodcock first was the country boy who once showed up at school without a shirt during the freewheeling days of his Farmington youth.

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Ifw Chief Says Path to Job Ran by Maine Lakes ; Observers Laud Avid Outdoorsman Chandler Woodcock for His Calm, Informed, Methodical Approach. Series: Profiling the Cabinet: An Occasional Series Profiling the Members of Gov. Lepage's Cabinet. Today, We Look at Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Commissioner Chandler Woodcock.

He was the kid who spent summers following his grandfather from one fishing hole to the next, chasing bass until well after dark.

"I fished my life away from age 10 to 15," Woodcock said from a rocking chair in his office, his eyes closed with the memory.

The new commissioner of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has embraced many roles in his 62 years: teacher, coach, father, soldier, senator and gubernatorial candidate...

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