Saint Paul – Governor Tim Pawlenty today announced the reappointment of Paul Brutlag, Louise Smallidge, and LuAnn Tolliver to the Board of Water and Soil Resources. All are reappointed to four-year terms that expire January 2, 2012.

Brutlag, of Wendell, is an attorney with the Fluegel, Helseth, McLaughlin, Anderson & Brutlag law firm in Elbow Lake. Brutlag also raises sugar beets, corn, soybeans, and wheat on a farm in Grant and Otter Tail Counties. Brutlag currently is the vice chair of the Board of Water and Soil Resources and is reappointed as a public member.

Smallidge, of Hastings, raises corn, soybeans, alfalfa hay, and cattle on a farm in southern Washington County. She is an elected member and chair of the Board of Supervisors of the Washington Conservation District. Smallidge is reappointed to a board position as a Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor.

Tolliver, of Minnetonka, is an analyst/programmer senior specialist at the Nash Finch Company. She has been a member of the Nine Mile Creek Watershed District Board since 1991 and currently serves as chair. Tolliver is appointed to a board position for a representative of a watershed district or watershed management organization.

The Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) is the state’s administrative agency for 91 soil and water conservation districts, 43 watershed districts, 27 metropolitan watersheds, and 80 county water management organizations. The agency’s purpose, working through local government, is to protect and enhance the state’s irreplaceable soil and water resources by implementing the state’s soil and water conservation policy, comprehensive local water management, and the Wetland Conservation Act as it relates to the 41.7 million acres of private land in Minnesota. The board consists of 17 members, including 12 members appointed by the Governor.