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Illinois Director of Natural Resources
| Illinois Director of Natural Resources | |
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| General information | |
| Office Type: | Nonpartisan |
| Office website: | Official Link |
| Compensation: | $171,300 |
| 2025 FY Budget: | $1,989,641,080 |
| Term limits: | None |
| Structure | |
| Length of term: | Serves at the governor's pleasure |
| Authority: | Article V, Section 5-20, Civil Administrative Code of Illinois |
| Selection Method: | Appointed by the governor |
| Current Officeholder(s) | |
Illinois Director of Natural Resources
Natalie Phelps Finnie | |
| Other Illinois Executive Offices | |
| Governor • Lieutenant Governor • Secretary of State • Attorney General • Treasurer • Auditor • Comptroller • Superintendent of Education • Agriculture Director • Insurance Director • Natural Resources Director • Labor Director • Illinois Commerce Commission | |
The Illinois Director of Natural Resources is a state executive position in the Illinois state government. Its mission is to manage, conserve and protect Illinois' natural, recreational and cultural resources while furthering the public's understanding and appreciation of those resources. The department also promotes the education, science and public safety of Illinois' natural resources.[1] The director is a nonpartisan appointee of the governor and serves at his or her pleasure.
Current officeholder
The current Illinois Director of Natural Resources is Natalie Phelps Finnie (nonpartisan). Finnie assumed office in 2024.
Authority
The position of the Illinois Director of Natural Resources was created in Article V of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.[2]
Article V, Section 5-20:
| Each department shall have an officer as its head who shall be known as director or secretary and who shall, subject to the provisions of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, execute the powers and discharge the duties vested by law in his or her respective department. The following officers are hereby created: [...] Director of Natural Resources, for the Department of Natural Resources. |
Qualifications
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Appointments
The director is appointed by the governor and serves at the governor's pleasure.
Vacancies
Article V, Section 9 of the Illinois Constitution also covers the process for filling vacancies in the office of Illinois Director of Natural Resources. Because the director serves at the pleasure of the governor, the process for appointment is the same whether the governor appoints a new director or the current director stops serving in the office. The governor appoints the director with the advice and consent of the state Senate. If the Senate fails to act upon a nomination for appointment with in 60 days of it being made, the appointment will be considered to have received the advice and consent of the Senate. Vacancies occurring during Senate recesses are filled by temporary gubernatorial appointments. The governor must submit a nomination when the Senate reconvenes for advice and consent.[3]
Duties
The director's office administers several key interdisciplinary functions within the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.[4]
The mission of the department is to manage, protect and sustain Illinois' natural and cultural resources, provide resource-compatible recreational opportunities, and promote public safety education related to natural resources and science.[4]
Divisions
- See Fracking in Illinois for information on the state's hydraulic fracturing policies.
As of January 19, 2021, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources contains the following divisions:
- Architecture, Engineering and Grants
- Coastal Management Program
- Community Outreach
- Land Management
- Law Enforcement
- Mines and Minerals
- Oil and Gas Resource Management
- Realty and Environmental Planning
- Resource Conservation
- Strategic Services
- Water Resources[5]
State budget
- See also: Illinois state budget and finances
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources budget for Fiscal Year 2025 was $1,989,641,080.[6]
Compensation
- See also: Compensation of state executive officers
2023
In 2023, the officer's salary was $171,300, according to the Council of State Governments.[7]
2022
In 2022, the officer's salary was $159,600, according to the Council of State Governments.[8]
2021
In 2021, the director received a salary of $157,200, according to the Council of State Governments.[9]
2020
In 2020, the director received a salary of $133,273, according to the Council of State Governments.[10]
2019
In 2019, the director received a salary of $133,273, according to the Council of State Governments.[11]
2018
In 2018, the director received a salary of $133,273, according to the Council of State Governments.[12]
2017
In 2017, the director received a salary of $133,273, according to the Council of State Governments.[13]
2016
In 2016, the director received a salary of $133,273, according to the Council of State Governments.[14]
2015
In 2015, the director received a salary of $133,273, according to the Council of State Governments.[15]
2014
In 2014, the director received a salary of $133,273, according to the Council of State Governments.[16]
2013
In 2013, the director received a salary of $133,273. This figure comes from the Council of State Governments.[17]
2012
In 2012, the director was paid an estimated $133,273. This figure comes from the Council of State Governments.
2010
In 2010, the director was paid an estimated $133,300, according to the Council of State Governments.[18]
Historical officeholders
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Contact information
Springfield
One Natural Resources Way
Springfield, IL 62702-1271
Phone: 217-782-6302
Region I Office - Northwestern Illinois
2317 E. Lincolnway, Suite A
Sterling, IL 61081
Phone: 815-625-2968
Region II Office - Northeastern Illinois
2050 West Stearns Road
Bartlett, IL 60103
Phone: 847-608-3100
Region III Office - East Central Illinois
15676 State Highway 54
Clinton, IL 61727
Phone: 217-935-6860
Region IV Office - West Central Illinois
4521 Alton Commerce Pkwy.
Alton, IL 62002
Phone: 618-462-1181
Region V Office - Southern Illinois
11731 State Highway 37
Benton, IL 62812
Phone:618-435-8138
Illinois State Museum
502 South Spring Street
Springfield, IL 62706
Phone: 217-782-7386
James R. Thompson Center
100 W. Randolph St., Suite 4-300
Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: 312-814-2070
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Department of Natural of Resources, "DId you know? DNR facts and figures," accessed January 19, 2021
- ↑ Illinois General Assembly, "(20 ILCS 5/) Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (General Provisions and Departments of State Government)," accessed January 21, 2021
- ↑ Illinois General Assembly, "Constitution of the State of Illinois - Article V," accessed January 19, 2021
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Department of Natural Resources, "Meet the Director," accessed January 19, 2021
- ↑ Department of Natural of Resources, "DId you know? DNR facts and figures," accessed January 19, 2021
- ↑ State of Illinois Office of Management and Budget, "Fiscal Year 2025 Budget," accessed January 16, 2025
- ↑ Council of State Governments, "Book of the States 2023 Table 4.11: Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries," accessed January 15, 2025
- ↑ Council of State Governments, "Book of the States 2022 Table 4.11: Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries," provided to Ballotpedia by CSG personnel
- ↑ Issuu, "The Book of the States 2021," accessed September 22, 2022
- ↑ Council of State Governments, "Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries, 2020," accessed January 19, 2021
- ↑ Council of State Governments, "Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries, 2019," accessed January 19, 2021
- ↑ Council of State Governments, "Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries, 2018," accessed January 19, 2021
- ↑ Council of State Governments, "Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries, 2017," accessed January 19, 2021
- ↑ Council of State Governments, "Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries, 2016," accessed August 27, 2016
- ↑ Council of State Governments, "Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries, 2015," accessed August 27, 2016
- ↑ Council of State Governments, "Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries," accessed November 14, 2014
- ↑ The Council of State Governments, "Book of the States 2013, Table 4.11," accessed February 2, 2014
- ↑ The Council of State Governments, "The Book of States 2010 Table 4.11," accessed September 5, 2012
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