Rick Snyder announces plan to split DNR, Environmental Quality into two departments
Rick Snyder
Gov.-elect Rick Snyder plans to re-split the departments of Environmental Quality and Natural Resources, returning them to separate agencies with their own directors.
Snyder will formally announce the change during a news conference this afternoon. He also plans to introduce the new directors.
Former agriculture director Don Wyant will become DEQ director, while DNR Science and Policy Office Chief Rodney Stokes will become DNR director. The current director of both departments, Rebecca Humphries, is leaving to work for Ducks Unlimited.
The new agriculture director will be Keith Creagh, a former deputy director who just retired.
Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm put state regulation of natural resources and the environment back into one department under a 2009 executive order. Republican Gov. John Engler separated the duties into two agencies in 1995.
Comments
Ed Kimball
Wed, Dec 1, 2010 : 8:40 a.m.
Doesn't this conflict with his campaign promises to streamline government by consolidating agencies? Has he explained his reasoning for this change?
digger
Wed, Dec 1, 2010 : 6:18 a.m.
these agencies should have never been joined--they have nothing to dowith one another. Now he can trim fat within.
Jim Nazium
Tue, Nov 30, 2010 : 10:24 p.m.
Is this the part where More bureaucracy makes it easier for Big Business and Big Agra to Pollute? If so, here we go...
Mikey2u
Tue, Nov 30, 2010 : 4:09 p.m.
Rick Snyder announces plan to hire Don Wyant, Rodney Stokes and Keith Creagh as Directors. I can assume a Dirctor will make well is excess of $100,000.00 per year. Are these the kind of jobs Gov. Snyder is going to create? Are these 3 positions to be paid from Michigan taxes? When will I see a tax cut?
1bigbud
Tue, Nov 30, 2010 : 3:37 p.m.
This is what Jen did to save money in 09 or 08 But it has turned into one large CLUSTER Just ask anyone with DNR..But dont ask anyone from EQ they are still on the high from all the easy money in its pockets So far One for Ric.
Rob
Tue, Nov 30, 2010 : 2:51 p.m.
I hope fragmenting state bureaucracy isn't part of his plan to increase efficiency and decrease costs, because it tends to do the opposite.