Governor Phil Scott has appointed Paul F Noel of Irasburg as the new Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board member from Orleans County. The board is a citizen panel that sets rules regulating fishing, hunting and trapping in the state.
Originally from the northern Adirondacks, Noel is a graduate of SUNY Cobleskill, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in fisheries and wildlife management. His career includes a first job out of college at the Bald Hill Fish Hatchery in Newark, VT, and a more than three-decade tenure at IBM.
Noel volunteers as a chief instructor for the fish and wildlife department’s hunter and trapper education programs and "Let’s Go Fishing" program.
“The board, the public and Vermont’s wildlife and wild places are fortunate to have Paul stepping into this role,” said Commissioner Christopher Herrick. “Paul is a gifted teacher and a skilled hunter, naturalist and trapper whose dedication to conservation is unmatched.”