12-2-09 John Rogner, asst. dir. of Il. Dept of Natural Resources at press conference on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal near Lockport - the main staging area for the massive fish kill to stop the Asian carp from getting into Lake Michigan. IDNR officials said they will start using the toxicant Wednesday evening or late afternoon - they don’t know the time.....Rich Hein/Sun-Times (Rich Hein/Sun-Times Media)
A decorative green-winged teal on the small conference table in John Rogner’s office distracted me as I asked if he was ready to retire.
“I am at peace with the decision,” he said. “I’m more mourning our dog. We put her down and just got her ashes back. My wife and I will figure out where to scatter her ashes.”
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