[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 80 (Thursday, May 15, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E943]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 CONGRATULATING DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENT DALE ENGQUIST OF 
                         MICHIGAN CITY, INDIANA

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                           HON. JOE DONNELLY

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 15, 2008

  Mr. DONNELLY. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize and 
congratulate Dale Engquist of Michigan City, Indiana for receiving the 
Distinguished Service Award for his dedicated work for the National 
Park Service.
  Dale Engquist has been with the National Park Service for 19 years. 
He has proven his leadership skills through developing partnerships and 
cooperative programs and providing collaborative opportunities for a 
diverse and complex audience. During Mr. Engquist's extensive career 
with the National Park Service, he increased the lakeshore at the 
Indiana Dunes by 15 percent and developed an educational program that 
serves over 35,000 students each year at the Paul Douglas Center for 
Environmental Education. Mr. Engquist is also responsible for the 
partnership formed between local community governments, LaPorte County, 
and the State of Indiana that collaborated to build a new visitor 
center, which is set to increase contacts with visitors to the area by 
500 percent.
  Mr. Engquist's vision and passion led to the development of a network 
of community organizations, state agencies, and environmental 
organizations to combat invasive species, which have been a pervasive 
problem along the southern tip of Lake Michigan. His participation on 
the Executive Steering Committee of the Chicago Wilderness greatly 
increased the awareness of the region to the biologically diverse and 
sensitive nature of the Indiana Dunes. Mr. Engquist has also signed a 
sister park agreement with Kampinoski National Park of Poland, formally 
providing opportunities for each park to meet and exchange ideas and 
information about resource management and education.
  Due to his extended commitment to both residents and visitors to 
Indiana's Second District, it is my pleasure to rise today to honor 
Dale Engquist for receiving the Distinguished Service Award for his 
long and accomplished career with the National Park Service.

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