You are correct. Here is Scott's complete job title:

Water Resources Specialist

McHenry County Planning and Development

Your assessment may very well be spot-on. Nonetheless, I've heard from a number of people who know him that Scott is a warrior when it comes to protecting Northern Illinois waterways. Consequently, I thought it might be in the better interests of folks downstream (and specifcally those of us dedicated to preserving the integrity of the Kilbuck) to do what we can to maintain and enhance our relationship with KREP. To that end, I plan on tuning in. (For what it's worth, I think that Scott is a prime mover behind the effort to block the Woodstock development that I described in a recent post.)

You have any epiphanies about protecting Kilbuck after the KREP meeting?

I don’t mean to make an assumption of myself but when I sit there and hear a Winnebago Co. talk about putting $ into Madigan (?) Creek in Cherry Valley, makes me wonder why nobody cares about THE WORST pollution problem we have on Kilbuck. The Kish degradation they talk about I’m sure is from home owner pesticide and lawn care run off. The guy down stream on the Rock worried about the degradation down that way, should look into Kilbuck, which is about 1/3 mile upstream of the mouth of the Kish and Rock. I’m happy that Scott is willing to setup a meeting with concerned us anglers. Just need to figure out who we’d like to discuss the problems with? I don’t want to be a sick about it. I would like to see whatever discharge or storm run off practices they have in place be improved upon. Whatever it is they are doing is working 100%. We can do better. That’s all I want. Maybe I’ll get ahold of who’s in charge of the Landfill Watershed Management and see if they would like to hear our concerns and what can be done. It is managed by the state and I think someone confirmed that in the Zoom.

I’d like to talk to you on the phone when you have the time. Thanks for caring!