Remembering Former RMEF Chairman Jack Ward Thomas

By Ammoland

MISSOULA, Mont. – -(Ammoland.com)- The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation is mourning the passing of Jack Ward Thomas, a long-time friend who was instrumental in assisting RMEF in its early days. Thomas passed away after a battle with cancer.

“Jack Ward Thomas will be one that the history of forestry and elk will show him to be a legend. He left a high watermark for all of us to reach,” said David Allen, RMEF president and CEO.

Thomas was a RMEF life member who served on the RMEF Board of Directors from 1997 to 2003, including a two-year stint as chairman in 2002-2003. He previously provided much-needed guidance and direction to RMEF’s founders in the mid-1980s.

Just seven months ago, Thomas received the Wallace Fennell Pate Wildlife Conservation Award, RMEF’s highest honor, for his contributions of lasting significance to the benefit of elk, other wildlife and their habitat across North America.

In 1993, President Clinton appointed Thomas the thirteenth chief of the U.S. Forest Service. Prior to that he worked a decade for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and spent 27 years conducting research in Virginia, Massachusetts and at …Read the Rest

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