New Directors at state Department of NR.

I thought it was interesting to note that the state Department of Natural Resources, which is in charge of the state's Forestry, Fire and State Lands, Utah Geological Survey, Wildlife Resources, Water Rights, Water Resources, Oil, Gas and Mining and State Parks and Recreation, has a new director that was appointed by Governor Jon Huntsman Jr. Michael Styler, who is a farmer and educator from Delta, was named the director. He named as deputy directors Robyn Pearson and Darin Bird. (This information was taken from the Deseret News on January 25, 2005.)
They have a formidable task ahead of them as they deal with issues ranging from water rights disputes, to managing the state's ever changing numbers of wildlife and wildlife management issues. Best of luck to them.