Albert M. Day in Alaska

The job of director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service involved more than just wildlife in the territorial days of our 49th state, Alaska. Albert M. Day, the agency’s director between 1946 and 1953 (second from left), investigated the living conditions of Alaska natives during a site visit to Kotzebue, Alaska, in 1950 with Dr. L.T. Oldroyd (left) of the University of Alaska’s extension service and Mark T. Dawber (right) of the Home Missions Council of North America. National wildlife refuges throughout Alaska have caused the Fish and Wildlife Service to develop an especially close relationship with Alaska natives, many of whom depend upon the region’s fish and wildlife for subsistence.