Air & Water quality need to stay with DNR. (Thank you, Sens. Gronstal,
Danielson, et al.)Why DNR has a Forestry division, however, is a mystery to
me. As I understand it, DNR's foresters spend 80-plus percent of their
effort working with private landowners on timber stand improvement, i.e.,
enhancing and increasing crop-tree production. When on public forested
land, whether forests, rec areas, or parks, they do the same. It's all
about tree farming. So why not put the foresters under IDALS?
BW
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 3:12 PM, laura belin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> http://www.bleedingheartlan
> I posted my take on this appointment here:
>
>
> http://www.bleedingheartland.com/diary/4883/friend-of-big-ag-gets-number-two-iowa-dnr-job
>
>
> I see this as another step forward for plan B to give agribusiness control
> over
> the DNR. Plan A (moving the water programs to IDALS) passed the Iowa House
> but
> foundered in the Iowa Senate.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Jane Clark <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Wed, July 27, 2011 2:36:08 PM
> Subject: Re: Chuck Gipp named deputy DNR director
>
> All I can say is, what next?
> Jane Clark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Iowa Discussion, Alerts and Announcements
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of laura belin
> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 8:16 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Chuck Gipp named deputy DNR director
>
> Thought this would be of interest to the group. Is it accurate to say Gipp
> is
> respected in environmental circles? I don't remember many good things
> happening
> for the environment when he was Iowa House majority leader (2003 through
> 2006).
>
> Cheers,
>
> Laurie
>
> http://thegazette.com/2011/07/26/gipp-named-deputy-dnr-director/
>
> Excerpt:
>
> Chuck Gipp
> Chuck Gipp, soil conservation administrator for the Iowa Department of
> Agriculture and Land Stewardship since 2008, has been named deputy director
> of
> the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
> Gipp, a lifelong dairy farmer who is respected in both production
> agriculture
> and environmental circles, said he hopes to foster understanding and
> cooperation
> between the two often-opposed groups.
> “Both are important to Iowans, and we need to bring both sides together and
> strike a sustainable balance,” Gipp, 63, of Decorah, said.
> “In Chuck Gipp, we are bringing onboard someone who is not only very
> dedicated
> and knowledgeable about conservation of our natural resources but also a
> very
> talented individual in working with our stakeholders and Legislature,” said
> DNR
> Director Roger Lande.
>
>
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