Popular new IDNR Director

I don't know Pat Quinn's newly named Department of Natural Resources Director very well, but many Illinois environmental leaders do. He has a long background in conservation advocacy and a close relationship with the new Governor.

Jack Darin's blog gives glowing praise.

By making the IDNR Director his first Agency appointment, in his first week as Governor, Quinn is sending a powerful signal that the mission of the DNR to protect our natural resources is critical to our well-being and our economy. Especially in the state's current fiscal crisis, we know that rebuilding the IDNR will take time, but today Pat Quinn made clear it is a priority.

I guess that means he'll do something more exciting than promote a golf trail.