South Central Region: DNR Appoints Water Program Supervisors

News Release
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources South Central Region Headquarters - Madison
3911 Fish Hatchery Rd Fitchburg, WI 53711
Phone: (608) 275-3266
For Release: March 29, 2006
Contact(s): Steve Ales, Regional Supervisor, Fitchburg: 608-275-3310 Susan Josheff, Basin Leader, Fitchburg: 608-275-3305

FITCHBURG - Two veteran Department of Natural Resources employees were promoted recently to supervisory positions in the agency's South Central Region (SCR).

Steve Ales accepted the post of Drinking and Groundwater Regional Supervisor while Susan Josheff is now Basin Leader for the Lower Rock River Watershed.

Mr. Ales is now responsible for overseeing DNR staff that inspect public and private water supply systems in the 11-county SCR. Ms Josheff supervises the water management program staff covering storm water, animal waste, wastewater, lake management, monitoring, dam safety and floodplain functions in the Lower Rock River Basin of east central and southern Wisconsin.

A Madison native, Ms. Josheff earned a degree in civil and environmental engineering from the University of Wisconsin. She joined DNR in 1980 and has worked in both the field and at DNR's Madison headquarters in the floodplain program, as a dam safety engineer and most recently in the floodplain, dam safety and water regulation engineering functions in SCR, spending a great deal of her time resolving dam related issues.