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Thank you to everyone for your well wishes. Dan Blatt Sr. "Wacenturian" started his career then the Wa Game Dept. in Eastern Washington late 1960's working in the basin (Ephrata) on upland birds, waterfowl ,etc. He then worked as a control agent dealing with animal damage in region two. He then became a district Biologist setting seasons a d was one of the reasons we have Waterfowl reserves in Eastern Washington which added to hunt quality. He loved hunting. He then worked his way up the chain and ended up in Olympia in the 1980's. He work for Washingtons wild turkey population and with three huntable subspecies known as the Washington slam took a lot of work and he was proud of this effort for sportsman. He then ran the Upland Restoration Program across Washington State training 21 field biologists statewide on how to work with private landowners in a positive way while establishing habitat. Thousands of trees and shrubs were planted in the last 2 decades. He retired after a rewarding career and spent time chasing whitetails, wild turkeys, fishing and bought a piece of land to call his own down in Blue Mountains. He was a great person and always gave an ear. He taught me a lot over the years. He will be missed. Dan and I and my son with a nice longbeard taken on his property a few years ago. That was a great day. Thanks again. I will share comments well wishes with his family. Thanks @jackelope for the thread. Thanks again.Eric aka Yelp
Quote from: yelp on August 05, 2019, 09:36:18 PMThank you to everyone for your well wishes. Dan Blatt Sr. "Wacenturian" started his career then the Wa Game Dept. in Eastern Washington late 1960's working in the basin (Ephrata) on upland birds, waterfowl ,etc. He then worked as a control agent dealing with animal damage in region two. He then became a district Biologist setting seasons a d was one of the reasons we have Waterfowl reserves in Eastern Washington which added to hunt quality. He loved hunting. He then worked his way up the chain and ended up in Olympia in the 1980's. He work for Washingtons wild turkey population and with three huntable subspecies known as the Washington slam took a lot of work and he was proud of this effort for sportsman. He then ran the Upland Restoration Program across Washington State training 21 field biologists statewide on how to work with private landowners in a positive way while establishing habitat. Thousands of trees and shrubs were planted in the last 2 decades. He retired after a rewarding career and spent time chasing whitetails, wild turkeys, fishing and bought a piece of land to call his own down in Blue Mountains. He was a great person and always gave an ear. He taught me a lot over the years. He will be missed. Dan and I and my son with a nice longbeard taken on his property a few years ago. That was a great day. Thanks again. I will share comments well wishes with his family. Thanks @jackelope for the thread. Thanks again.Eric aka Yelp Great recap Eric! I've waited to reply because I knew it would mean my last regarding a friend. Dan was a caring man, a good friend and a great man. We chatted often about the outdoors and his passion for Boise State Football. My daughter and I met him for lunch a few years ago as she was finishing up her senior year in high school, and among the outdoors discussion, we chatted about college. She listened intently to his thoughts on BSU, and after visiting the campus she had made up her mind that she wanted to pursue her college education there. Dan regularly checked in with her progress and was as proud as I was with her grades, that's the type of guy he was! The last time we chatted, end of April, he was very excited to hear she would be graduating early with a pre med degree, a health science degree and a psychology minor. He honestly took an interest in her schooling and she knew it, which pushed her even harder. He would let me know he saw her on TV in the student section during the football games. Again, a good friend, a great man and someone that truly will be missed!
RIP sir. He was truly a great contributor here.
