How to Kill a Wapiti
I had just been told in no uncertain terms by the Minister of Conservation to please take the pressure off the Government until we sort this Wapiti business out, this was around 2002.
Jack had said, “sometimes there are casualties in war”. The younger me liked this man. I had learnt a lot from Jack - he was old school, and although he thought my approach to managing the Wapiti area was WAY left field he also understood that the old ways were no longer working and people had become predictable.
Not long after, Jack sent me a hand-written letter saying that it was time he stepped aside. He said that he was willing to support our new approach in trying to achieve management of the Wapiti. But his key message and one that has stuck with me is best described in his own words. Those were very wise words from Jack and I suspect that folk involved with the Wapiti program prior to Jack would give the same advice. I have an old minute book from the 1940s or 50s and it's
