The Junior Maine Guide Program (JMG) is a long-established wilderness camping skills program sponsored by the Maine Youth Camping Foundation and the Maine State Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. It is an outdoor skills program designed to foster enjoyable, safe and healthy outdoor living experiences for youth ages 9 – 18. JMG certification can lay the groundwork for later training and certification as a licensed Trip Leader, or Registered Maine Guide, as well as provide a lifetime of enjoyment of living in concert with nature in the Maine wilderness. JMG uses current philosophies in outdoor living. The program, unique to Maine, was created in 1937 as an act of the State Legislature, in an effort to promote the use of the Maine wilderness for recreation as well as to train new generations of youth to adopt use practices that conserve the environment. Higgins Guide Service is proud to offer JMG training, leading to testing by the independent committee. The three week training is followed by 5 days of testing. Do you think you have what it takes to be a Junior Maine Guide?

Camp sessions start in June and run through August, depending on the number of students enrolled.