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DFG has new director, Donald Koch

April 18, SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has named a wildlife manager with 30 years of experience to head the California Department of Fish and Game.

Donald Koch (cook) replaces L. Ryan Broddrick, who resigned last August.In making the appointment, Schwarzenegger said California's wildlife is among the state's most treasured natural resources.

Koch, who is 55, held a variety of posts within the Department of Fish and Game before he retired last December. Those jobs included representing the department in Klamath River negotiations, managing law enforcement and fish, wildlife and habitat conservation in Northern California, and directing the statewide black bear and elk programs.

Koch has a master's degree in biological sciences from Sacramento State University and a bachelor's degree in zoology from the University of California, Davis.