Denby S. Lloyd, Commissioner
Tim Barry, Communications Director
P.O. Box115526
Juneau, Alaska 99811
Phone: (907) 465-6137 • Fax: (907) 465-2332
Press Release: No. 08-20, December 30, 2008
Contact: Contact: Denby Lloyd, Commissioner (907) 465-6141
Valkenburg, Rossi Join ADF&G Leadership Team
(JUNEAU) - Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) Commissioner Denby Lloyd announced today the appointment of Patrick Valkenburg as Deputy Commissioner and Corey Rossi as Assistant Commissioner in the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G). “Patrick and Corey bring experience, expertise and leadership to the department as we work to expand our abundance-based wildlife management programs,” said Lloyd. “We look forward to their contributions.”
The two new team members have significant wildlife management expertise and reflect a renewed emphasis for the department on fulfilling their mission of conserving and enhancing Alaska’s wildlife and habitat. Increased funding in the Governor’s fiscal year 2009 budget allowed the department to begin an effort to better inventory and manage key populations, especially those that are important for human use. Subsistence and recreational hunters and wildlife viewers rely heavily on healthy wildlife populations and ADF&G provides research and management to sustain and rebuild these populations to robust levels.
Valkenburg began his career with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game in 1977 as a wildlife research and management biologist. He later served as Research Coordinator for the Division of Wildlife Conservation in the Interior Region until his retirement in 2003. Since then, he has been a partner and pilot in a wildlife consulting business, specializing in wildlife survey flying and wildlife research and management projects. He earned his bachelor’s degree in wildlife science from University of Maine in 1972 and his master’s degree in wildlife management from University of Alaska in 1976. He is also an experienced trapper, a hunter education instructor, and a certified range safety officer. Much of his professional work has been in wildlife surveys, population estimates, and carrying capacity analysis for key wildlife populations.
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