RKLD Expert Witness Mike Dresen

This past week the DNR has been presenting its case against the RKLD's request for a change in the DNR operating orders.

A scheduling exception was granted by Judge Coleman that allowed RKLD expert witness and former DNR senior staffer Mike Dresen to testify this week.

Dresen brought immense credibility to RKLD's long-standing claims that the faulty 1979 OHWM and the subsequent DNR change in operating orders in 1982 -- and litigated to a negotiated settlement in 1991 -- caused lake levels to drop from previous levels.

(click Dresen name/link above to read past news accounts)

Dresen testified that he left DNR due to disenchantment with the agency in placing wetlands concerns above the concerns of the recreation/boating public.

It was Dresen who ordered that Rock County, as owners of the Indianford Dam, must place flashboards above the crest of the dam's spillway in order to maintain target water levels.

Times change, but the truth is the truth.