George Soule Scholarship

The Ruffed Grouse Society is a national organization dedicated to the preservation of forest lands and natural habitat for wildlife, particularly the ruffed grouse and the American woodcock. Its vision is to create landscapes of diverse, functioning forest ecosystems that provide homes for wildlife and opportunities for people to experience them.

The Russ and Carole Dyer Chapter of the RGS is located in mid-coast Maine. Each year the Chapter awards a scholarship to a Maine high school senior who will be majoring in a field related to the work of the RGS upon entering college. The scholarship is in honor of George Soule, a local sportsman and very successful decoy carver from Freeport, Maine, and founder of the Ruffed Grouse Society in Maine. George. 

PREREQUISITES FOR SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION

1. The applicant must be a graduating senior from a Maine high school or a permanent Maine resident.
2. The applicant must have a grade point average of 3.0 or better on a 4.0 scale.
3. The applicant’s college major must be in a field related to natural resource conservation, such as, but not limited to, wildlife biology or ecology, environmental science or studies, or conservation law enforcement. Applications with majors not in the natural resource conservation field will not be considered.
4. The applicant must maintain a 3.0 or better GPA through the first semester of college.