State Habitat division back under Fish and Game banner
Published Sunday, July 6, 2008
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Stumble It!JUNEAU -- The state Division of Habitat has officially moved back to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
The move last week ends a five-year stint in the Department of Natural Resources that was brought on by former Gov. Frank Murkowski.
The 22 jobs cut by Murkowski and the 12 vacant positions he deleted with the move are not returning.
But state officials from both departments say that hasn't impeded Habitat staffers from doing their job of protecting Alaska's fish.
Natural Resources Commissioner Tom Irwin joined Fish and Game Commissioner Denby Lloyd in recommending that Gov. Sarah Palin return the habitat division to its original agency.
In February, Palin issued an executive order doing so.
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