Men Management:

The profile of a forest personnel working in Manas National Park.
He is-

1. Disciplined and can keep shut.
2. Physically, mentally, emotionally balanced under pressure.
3. Keeps his head in armed encounters.
4. Knowledgeable about jungle craft.
5. Superior to all bad elements around him.
6. Boundless in initiative.
7. Honest.

The above are the idealistic desired qualities of a Park staff. Which are, in these days very difficult to get. That is the reason why the Park authorities have to have very flexible style of man management, because that is a first and only resource, which can think. To ensure that they have been cared for free rations covering as many items possible must be given. This will obviate the difficulty of living and eating in a second establishment without spending. Each camp must be spaced in a way that 10 minutes of vigorous walking is enough to reach the other. Their annual increment, Casual leaves, GPF, withdrawals, Earned leave all should immediately processed. In the event of loosing a staff on duty; full honours must shown by the authorities. Sometimes the authority itself should take part in anti-poaching operations, spending days and nights together; in the process. Manas National Park staff should be taken to Kaziranga National Park and Buxa Tiger Reserve to get exposure and to know, what makes all the organization tick.

Common emergency fund up to Rupees Twenty thousand (Rs. 20,000) per head for five persons at a time should be ready for taking care of various hassle that a lowly salaried personnel might likely to have. The field items for each personnel should be provided at least there should not be any complaints regarding uniform, salary, hunting boots, the rain coats, sleeping bag etc. Six monthly ration systems for field posting and Head Quarter posting must be maintained. When a personnel retires, his case must be finalized within one month showing all the due honour to the long time Wild lifer.

Training of the wildlife staff f Manas National Park:

The wildlife staffs are forest employees and barring a few posts to departmental transfer and posting as well as promotion. A staff serving long years in Manas usually wants respite from the monotony of the hard life and wants a better place to be in to bring up his growing children and to be happy. Such circumstances bring a lot of inexperienced staff who are not even fit for the rigours of the wildlife field service. Hence it has become mandatory train all staff right from the range forest officer may be trained by the Wild life Institute of India; the rest is dependent upon the exercise of will and initiative of the management. The following trainings are mandatory for all the staff of the Park:

1. Jungle Craft
2. Weapon training, shooting and combat inoculation
3. Census techniques for big cats
4. Animal track and signs and identification of all the four orders of animal species in the park.
5. Close quarter battle and commando training.
6. Field Botany
7. Rudimentary Radio telephony
These trainings should run throughout the year to serve as a cessation of monotony. They, as forester and forest guards will also receive usual departmental training meant for them.

Schemes for rewards on summary basis:

Any achievement, initiative, improvisations, acts of bravery, heroic deeds that are unparalleled, are to be immediately acknowledged at the park and the state level and should be awarded with substantial cash. Promotion out of turn is another way. If a staff were to die in the performance of duty in the hands of poachers, insurgents, etc. his closest kin should be immediately absorbed in that post.

Dealing with oddities: You name ‘em; we ‘ave ‘em

Depression of all kinds, alcohol abuse, bhang smoking, suicide and other ‘unacceptable’ things are common in wildlife sanctuary and national park staffs. Some staff believes in getting extra boost with such intoxicants and to end their lives. Discipline enforcement and tact and human love and understanding must be used.
 

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