Jim King , Member

Jim King has been referred to as a “patient tenacious visionary.” He proposed the protection of the waterfowl habitat and recreational potential of the 3,600-acre Mendenhall Wetlands State Game Refuge in Juneau, the establishment of Point Bridget State Park and Ernest Gruening State Historic Park, and the pursuance of other natural areas. In 1949, Jim moved to Alaska where he married Mary Lou Neville and had three children, Sara, Laura, and James. He is a retired waterfowl biologist for the US Fish and Wildlife Service and currently employed as a consulting biologist. In 2002, Jim and his family donated a conservation easement on lands that have accreted to their property adjacent to the Mendenhall Wetlands State Game Refuge. He is known as a highly distinguished conservationist, has received numerous awards for his work, and serves on a half-dozen local boards and committee’s.