More on Thiebeau: This burns my bacon

This from a RKLD constituent:

Hi Sue (DNR), I was interested in the steps that are being taken to remove the illegal dyke/dam on the Buck Sweeney/Thiebeau Hunt Club property at Lake Koshkonong. Thank You, Bob

This Response from DNR:

A number of years ago, department staff took concerns over the structure that you describe below to our Secretary and our legal counsel. There was conflicting available information, as well as some concerns over our legal jurisdiction.

Additionally, based on the our assessment then, the dike/culverts didn't cause significant impacts on other properties or parties. Staff spoke with our conservation wardens in the area to determine how much public contact we had with people seeking access to this area or complaining about the structures and water levels and the response was that there was very little public concerns expressed. We made an enforcement decision at that time that it wasn't something we were going to pursue.

UPDATE:
So, DNR supervisors spoke with conservation wardens at the time to determine if the public was seeking access to a public area behind an unpermitted structure -- a structure that until the Contested Case Hearing exposed its existence, very few people knew about?

My response is to encourage every taxpayer on Lake Koshkonong and the Rock River to paddle their canoes and row their boats into Thiebeau and enjoy the beauty behind the illegal structure.

The WI Constitution protects our rights to enjoy and recreate navigable water.