History
In 2009, Governor Jennifer Granholm moved to merge the Department back into the Department of Environmental Quality and appoint the reunited department's director instead of the Natural Resources Commission. The state merged the two agencies together to form the Department of Natural Resources and Environment. In 2010, however, Governor elect Rick Snyder has named Rodney Stokes as the new DNR director, and has chosen to divide the DNRE into the original designations of Natural Resource Commission and the DNR divisions. Rodney Stokes says his first priority is to reverse the decline of hunting in Michigan, by eliminating the extended seasons, reducing the amount of antlerless licenses in Northern Michigan, improving habitat and removing license requirements for coyote and wolf.
On January 4, 2011, Governor Rick Snyder issued Executive Order 2011-1, which eliminates the Department of Natural Resources and Environment (DNRE) and creates the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ).
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