DNR Brief is Incomplete

This is what the DNR is excluding in their brief.

No way can they say lower water or natural state offers greater recreational value.

CHAPTER 31 -

2. The department shall deny the permit if it finds any of the
following:

a. It appears that the river in its natural state offers greater recreational facilities and scenic value for a larger number of people than can by proper control of the flowage level be obtained from the use of the lake and lakeshore and that the remaining sections of the river and other rivers in the area in their natural state provide an insufficient amount of recreational facilities and scenic beauty, and it further appears that the economic need of electric power is less than the value of the recreational and scenic beauty advantages of the river in its natural state.

b. The permit will cause environmental pollution, as defined
in s. 299.01 (4).