Mike Fleagle, Retired, Federal Subsistence Board
Mike Fleagle is an Interior Alaskan Iñupiaq raised in a subsistence lifestyle in the Tanana River community of Manley Hot Springs. He left Manley for a high school education in Fairbanks, followed by trade school in Anchorage. After working in the North Slope in Prudhoe Bay and the community of Barrow he relocated to McGrath where he raised his two sons, continuing the subsistence lifestyle and traditions he passed along to them. Mike has been an active participant in local area, regional and statewide civic opportunities; he served on both his village and regional ANCSA corporation boards for many years, Bean Ridge Corporation and Doyon, Ltd. He served as Chief of the Native Village of McGrath and was appointed to the Alaska Board of Game by two governors, Governor Knowles and Governor Murkowski. He served as chair of the Board of Game until being appointed to chair the Federal Subsistence Board in which capacity he served for four years. He is the only person to have served as chair of both the State and Federal regulatory boards.
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
