Experienced engineer becomes state natural resources commissioner

Tom Irwin brings to the commissioner’s office more than three decades of mining experience, including engineering, permitting, government relations

Patricia Jones

PNA Contributing Writer

Mining industry individuals applaud Tom Irwin’s appointment as commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, announced Jan. 17 by Gov. Frank Murkowski. “I was expecting a political animal, but what we got was a manager and a technical animal,” said Curt Freeman, a consulting geologist....

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