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2:14 A former mayor of Kotzebue has been promoted to a top regional job within the National Park Service.
She’s been superintendent of the Western Arctic Parklands since 2016, overseeing operations in 9 million acres that include Noatak National Preserve, Kobuk Valley National Park and the Cape Krusenstern National Monument.
Lukin says a lot of her job involves working with tribes living outside the national park boundaries
“The Park Service in the Alaska Region has really moved towards listening to Indigenous people and the first Alaskans in the management of that land because, if you look at history, we’ve been managing that land very successfully for 13,000 years,” Lukin said.
Former Kotzebue Mayor to head NPS Native Relations Program January 21st |
Former Mayor of Kotzebue, Maija Katak Lukin, has been selected as the Native Relations Program manager for Region 11, encompassing all National Park lands in Alaska.
Lukin begins her new position March 1, according to a Jan. 15 press release from the National Park Service.
Currently, Lukin serves as region 11 s superintendent for Western Arctic National Parklands, where she manages three National Park Service conservation units in Northwest Alaska, including Noatak National Preserve, Kobuk Valley National Park, and Cape Krusenstern National Monument. Throughout the 9 million acres of parklands, Lukin manages operations, subsistence, tribal consultation, resource stewardship, budget and finance, information technology, human resources, acquisition, contracting, training and recruitment.