Organization
At the top of the organization is the director (presently Robert E. Carter, Jr.), who reports directly to the Governor of Indiana. In addition to overseeing the department, the director also serves on an autonomous board known as the Natural Resources Commission, consisting of both government officials and citizen members, which meets at least four times annually to address issues pertaining to the department. The director also has an advisory council at his disposal.
Beneath the director, there are four deputy directors, each of whom is responsible for a team under which many of the department's divisions are organized. Those teams and their divisions are as follows:
- Regulatory Management Team
- Water
- Reclamation
- Entomology & Plant Pathology
- Historic Preservation & Archaeology
- Oil and Gas
- Land Management Team
- State Parks & Reservoirs
- Natural Preserves
- Land Acquisition
- Fish and Wildlife
- Outdoor Recreation
- Forestry
- Engineering
- Administrative Management Team
- Budget and Performance Management
- Accounting
- Human Resources
- MIS
- Purchasing
- Strategic Management & Organizational Excellence
- Legal Team
- Office of Legal Counsel
In addition, there are six departments that don't fall under one of the four teams:
- Legislative Affairs
- Communications
- Law Enforcement
- Natural Resources Foundation
- Indiana Heritage Trust
The agency's official magazine is Outdoor Indiana.
Read more about this topic: Indiana Department Of Natural Resources
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