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EDITORIAL: Have resources board appoint the Wisconsin DNR secretary.(Editorial)
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La Crosse Tribune (La Crosse, WI)
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October 1, 2007
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Oct. 1--In 1928, conservationist Aldo Leopold and others came up with a plan to create a Wisconsin Conservation Commission that would best respond to the needs of the people.
In its plan, the commission would have the authority to name a professional conservation director to hire qualified national resource managers for the new department.
That plan was carried through into the Department of Natural Resources. Governors appointed members to a Natural Resources Board for six-year terms, and those members appointed the DNR secretary.
The system provided a great deal of stability and expertise for a state department that regularly worked with hunters, anglers and ...