COLUMBUS, OH - Cincinnati resident Karen Muench, supervisor of state boating programs and boating law enforcement in southwest Ohio, has been honored as the 2004 Administrator of the Year for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Watercraft.
Muench is based at East Fork Lake in Clermont County and supervises programs in Butler, Hamilton, Clermont and Brown counties. She joined ODNR in 1988 and served as a watercraft officer prior to assuming her duties as an area supervisor.
Muench is a graduate of Ohio University where she earned a bachelor’s degree in recreational studies and a master’s degree in physical education.
The ODNR Division of Watercraft administers Ohio’s recreational boating programs, including watercraft registration and titling operations, and provides grants to local communities for enforcement, education and boating access facilities. The Division investigates boating accidents and related fatalities, and enforces state boating laws on Ohio’s waterways. These and other Division of Watercraft programs are funded by a portion of the state gasoline sales tax, boating registration and titling fees, and a grant from the U.S. Coast Guard.