[rural] SNRAS grad picked for subsistence post
http://snras.blogspot.com/2008/10/snras-grad-picked-for-subsistence-post.html Craig Fleener, who earned a bachelor of science degree in natural resources management from UAF, has been named the new director for the state Division of Subsistence. Fleener, 41, was born and raised in Fort Yukon and has served on the Alaska Board of Game for the past eight months. He is former director of the the Council of Athabascan Tribal Governments and has worked as an environmental manager, project coordinator, wildlife biologist, and natural resources director. He has served in the military for more than 21 years and is an intelligence officer in the Alaska Air National Guard. Fleener replaces Elizabeth Andrews who retired in July. For his senior thesis at UAF, Fleener researched the reintroduction of wood bison. Read the Oct. 15, 2008 Fairbanks Daily News-Miner article, “Fort Yukon man to lead Division of Subsistence.”