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TIM BRASTRUP
Area Fisheries Supervisor, Brainerd; Division of Fish and Wildlife A favorite story.... Since 1984, the Brainerd Area Fisheries office has given away an annual award for, well, the biggest --- and most humorous --- screw-up, and of course shared with others in a tasteful manner. One of the awards went to an employee who was, very creatively, trying to haul sod in a habitat improvement project. The sod happened to be on a steep hillside, which made the task very difficult. So, the employee borrowed a private boat from another employee. The boat was filled with sod and, with an attached rope, was lowered down the hill. Unfortunately, the rope broke, the boat sailed down the slope and slammed directly into a tree, leaving a large dent in the co-worker's boat. Just another award-winning day in habitat improvement. On another occasion, a manager borrowed a GPS (global positioning satellite), into which he entered the coordinates of his favorite fishing spot in Canada. The next employees to use the GPS were instructed to set nets on the Minnesota side of Lake of the Woods. However, the manager had forgotten to remove the coordinates for his favorite fishing spot in Canada, and the employees found themselves setting nets in Canada! |