Pasted below is a press release from the Iowa Department of Natural
Resources regarding the resignation of Wayne Gieselman as the Division
Administrator for the Environmental Protection Division and the naming of
Bill Ehm to replace him.

 

For immediate release: July 18, 2011

 

 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION ADMINISTRATOR WAYNE GIESELMAN RESIGNING

 

DES MOINES - Wayne Gieselman, administrator of the Environmental Protection
Division of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, is resigning the post
effective Thursday, July 21st.

 

Gieselman, 62, has held the position since April of 2002. He joined the DNR
in 1999 as the coordinator of the department's animal feeding operations
program.

 

"The citizens of Iowa are very fortunate to have the dedicated and highly
knowledgeable people serving in the Department of Natural Resources. It has
been an honor and privilege serving with them and learning from them over
the past 12 years," said Gieselman. 

 

Bill Ehm, 58, has been named the administrator for the Environmental
Protection Division. 

 

Ehm has served as the water policy coordinator for DNR since 2007. Prior to
that, he served as director of the Soil and Conservation Division for the
Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and was previously the
coordinator for the DNR's Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) water quality
program. He farmed full-time for more than 20 years and he and his wife
continue to own a cash grain farm in Clinton County and a livestock
operation in Union County. He is a former commissioner for the Iowa
Environmental Protection Commission

 

"I have full confidence in Bill to lead the Environmental Protection
Division. He has a wide range of knowledge and experience," said DNR
Director Roger Lande.

 

"I also want to thank Wayne for his many years of dedicated service to the
DNR and people of Iowa," Lande added.

 


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