Q&A: DNR Commissioner talks about background, Alaska’s resource issues

 
Alaska Natural Resources Commissioner Andy Mack at a press conference in Anchorage on June 28, 2016. (Photo by Graelyn Brashear, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)
The state’s newest Department of Natural Resources commissioner is one of several new additions to Gov. Bill Walker’s cabinet. Here are a few questions that couldn’t be included in the Alaska’s Energy Desk profile of him that ran earlier this week. This interview has been edited for clarity