News release

Hunter Education Instructor of the Year

Natural Resources (to July 2018)

Clarence Grondin of the Lunenburg Rod and Gun Club is the 2004 Nova Scotia Hunter Education Instructor of the Year.

The award was presented today, Dec. 15, by Richard Hurlburt, Minister of Natural Resources.

"I am pleased to be able to recognize the contribution Mr. Grondin has made to hunter education in Nova Scotia," said Mr. Hurlburt. "His work, together with the work of volunteer instructors like him, is invaluable in promoting safe hunting, responsible hunter-landowner relations and public safety."

Mr. Grondin has taught hunter safety to many Nova Scotians and has 21 years of experience. He is one of more than 160 instructors across the province who work through non-profit service clubs to deliver hunter education programs year-round.

"Hunter education works and the proof is in the pudding," said Tony Rodgers, executive director of the Nova Scotia Federation of Anglers and Hunters. "In the last five years alone, there have been no fatalities."

The Department of Natural Resources has presented the Instructor of the Year award since 1994 to recognize volunteer instructors who have made an outstanding effort to promote hunter education in Nova Scotia.