It's not odd. Running the department means running a business with massive budgets, HR demands and business requirements along with dealing with the public.

By your reasoning, the commissioner should also be a manager of lands, state parks, enforcement, saltwater marine resources and a biologist. Tall order for one person appointed to a "serve at the pleasure of the governor" position.

The last six commissioners have all been successful businessmen and not biologists.

Should the head of IBM be a computer programmer who writes code but doesn't know squat about dealing with money or management? Nope.

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