Iowa Board of Ethics Investigates Richard Leopold, Director of Iowa DNR. The Iowa board of ethics is investigating Richard Leopold, the Director of the Iowa DNR. Mr. Leopold's connection and membership in Ducks Unlimited stirs a question of "Conflict of Interest".

Question: How many other state employees of the DNR are also members of Ducks Unlimited which places an unequal influence on DNR decisions favoring Ducks Unlimited's narrow agenda.

DNR and Ducks Unlimited Agreement giving Ducks Unlimited 50% stake in money devoted to Draining Iowa's Natural Lakes. Another example of Ducks Unlimited Controlling the DNR. Click Here to read amendment.

Quote by David Haggard State Chairman of Ducks Unlimited in a news item printed in the Fort Dodge Messenger on Monday September 7, 2009.
"Anything that's natural, when you destroy it, it's gone. You can maybe restore it but it's never a natural area again...."  If Ducks Unlimited attempts to drain South Twin Lake to restore it in Mr. Haggard's own words it will be destroyed  and it will never be natural again.  Let's keep South Twin Lake as a natural glacial lake and not attempt to "restore" it making it impossible for it to ever be a natural area again.

Admission from Ducks Unlimited's Professional biologist that they are controlling the DNR's Shallow Lakes project in this letter to the editor. Evidence the DNR is NOT spear heading these projects but is just a tool of Ducks Unlimited. Click Here.

Click here to read  an article printed in Calhoun County Advocate on August 26, 2009.

Video Copies of the the DNR Forum held at the Rockwell City Community Center on July 28th, 2009 are available for check out at the Rockwell City Public Library.

Barbara Pardo (Regional Joint Venture Coordinator, Transition Information Task Team Upper Mississippi River/Great Lakes Region Joint Venture, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, MBSP) in an email to Eric Lindstrom, Regional Biologist - Ducks Unlimited & Todd Bishop, Special Projects Coordinator, Wildlife Bureau Iowa DNR:
    "... And I will hope along with you that this experiment results in saving two more Iowa shallow lakes from recreational development. . . . Congratulations! . . . "



Go to the Resources & Documents Page for email and mailing addresses for members of the Iowa House of Representatives and the Iowa Senate. Send a letter or email to any and/or all of them. 

- In the public meeting on July 28, 2009. The DNR representatives stated there was no plan or agenda in place for South Twin Lake, however if you read the correspondence between Ducks Unlimited and the Iowa DNR it is obvious their plans are well underway to turn South Twin lake into a marsh.

Click Here to read the Correspondence between Ducks Unlimited and the Iowa DNR (acquired through the freedom of information act)  


 
Click here to find the truth about how South Twin Lake ended up as a silt filled lake!

The DNR attempted to change the natural state of Lake Odessa in Eastern Iowa. CLICK HERE to see the failure and resultant decimation of the lake.

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Avian CHOLERA outbreak


Other Iowa Lakes in the Shallow Lakes Program
Lizard Lake, Pocahontas County
Lake Odessa, Louisa County 

Lake Maria, In Minnesota was a project of Mark Gulick's, Iowa DNR Wildlife Supervisor, while he worked for the Minnesota DNR. These are pictures of that finished project.


Lake Maria "Shallow Lakes Project" Completed


Lake Maria


Lake Maria


Lake Maria's Water Level Control
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