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.