It is now public... Copied from website based upon article by reporter. The text of the letter is identical to one on my desk (the letter was not directed to me).

Attorney General intercedes in ___ Lake Crisis

Signs of even more controversy at ___ Lake are brewing, now at a level high up in the State Government. The Illinois Attorney General's Office has now interceded in the affairs of the residents living around, and the owner of, ___ Lake.

Apparently learning about the ___ Lake conflict from ___ 's website, ___, Chief of the Environmental Bureau of the Attorney General's Office drafted a cease-and-desist letter to stop ___ 's draining of ___ Lake.

According to ___, the letter which was written earlier in the week, states:

"Dear Sir
I have been informed that you own a private lake in ___, and that you are draining this lake, thereby directly causing the deaths of hundreds of fish. According to published information, there may be some kind of property or personality dispute between you and nearby residents. Please be assured that while I have no interest whatsoever in your apparent motivation, I am very concerned about your actions. This is why I am contacting you, to direct you to cease and desist. If you have any attorney, please have he or she contact me as soon as possible.
You may be interested to know that the ownership of the fish you are destroying resides with the state of Illinois. Simply put, the fact that you may own the lake does not entitle you to waste natural resources, such as aquatic life. The Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code, 515 ILCS 5/1 et seq., protects the natural inhabitants of your lake. Thank you for your immediate attention to this matter."

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