Alaska Board of Game Members
Jake Fletcher — Talkeetna, Chair
Term expires 6/30/2026
Jake Fletcher was appointed to the Board of Game by Governor Dunleavy in 2020. Jake and his family live in Talkeetna Alaska. He has worked in the capacity of packer, assistant guide and registered guide for over 20 years in the state. He and his wife operate a small guiding operation that primarily hunts Kodiak Island and the Talkeetna mountains. Jake holds a Masters of Inland Waterways from the U.S Coast Guard and operates boats for Mahay's Jet Boat Adventures in the summer months. In the winter months Jake and his wife work for AK Sled Dog Tours in a variety of capacities. He broke trail for the Iditarod Sled Dog Race for many years and still volunteers actively. Jake and his wife take pride in homeschooling their kids which leaves ample time for outdoor exploration in our beautiful state.
Stosh Hoffman — Bethel, Vice Chair
Term expires 6/30/2026
Stosh Hoffman is currently serving a fifth term on the Board of Game; he was originally appointed to the board in 2008 by Governor Palin. Stosh is a lifelong Alaskan. He was born in Bethel, raised in McGrath and now lives in Bethel, Alaska. He is employed by the AVCP-Regional Housing Authority as Director of Housing Management. Stosh is an experienced assistant guide and commercial fisherman. Stosh attended the University of Alaska Anchorage. His oldest son graduated from Stanford University during the spring of 2020, his youngest son is a Junior at Oregon State University, and his nephew is attending Mt. Edgecumbe as a Senior. Stosh enjoys subsistence activities with his family and flying with his sons.
Allen (Al) Barrette — Fairbanks
Term expires 6/30/2025
Governor Dunleavy appointed Allen ("Al") Barrette to the Board of Game in 2019. Al resides in Fairbanks, Alaska which has been his home for over 30 years. He now shares this home with his wife Linda who is an Alaskan falconer. Al himself is a fur dresser by trade, class A assistant big game guide, and small business owner. He honorably served in the US Army before he began his tannery career in the early 1990s.
Al actively participates in the fish and game regulatory process. He has done so since 1995. He was elected to the Fairbanks Fish and Game Advisory Committee (AC) in 2005 and has served as chairman of the game and trapping subcommittees. Al represented the AC at number Board of Game meetings and also represented the AC as a member of several working groups including the Fortymile Harvest Management Coalition, the Western Arctic Caribou Herd Working Group, the Wood Bison Restoration Advisory Group, and the Dall sheep working group.
Al participates in subsistence trapping, hunting, and fishing, all activities that he shared with his late wife Laura and that they taught and passed down to their three children who are now fully grown. Al's son is now passing on the skills to his son, Ryatt, Al's first grandchild. Al also enjoys teaching fur handling and trapping methods.
Dave Lorring — Fairbanks
Term expires 6/30/2026
Dave Lorring was appointed of the board of Game by Governor Dunleavy in 2023.Dave and his wife Teresa have lived in Fairbanks since 1994. Dave moved to Alaska in 1974 with a Wildlife Management degree from the University of Nevada, Reno. Dave worked with the Alaska Department of Public Safety as a Wildlife Trooper and is currently a commercial pilot with Wright Air Service in Fairbanks. Dave has actively participated in the Board of Game process for many years. Besides enjoying outdoor activities with family, Dave volunteers with Arctic Winter Games, Team Alaska, and is an avid falconer.
James Baichtal — Thorne Bay
Term expires 6/30/2027
Jim Baichtal was appointed of the board of Game by Governor Dunleavy in 2023. Jim and his wife Karen Petersen have lived in Thorne Bay on Prince of Wales Island for nearly 30 years. He earned a MS in Geology from Washington State University in 1982. Jim moved to Alaska in 1990 as a geologist for the Tongass National Forest. For his work in geology, glacial history, and geoarchaeology of southeast Alaska, in 2013 Jim was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Science from the University of Alaska Southeast. For nearly 25 years Jim has volunteered for Alaska Department of Fish and Game and University researchers studying Sitka Black-tailed deer, helping researchers monitor winter mortality, recover radio collars, collect fecal pellets for DNA population analysis, and assess deer habitat. He has also volunteered with black bear and wolf research. From 2000-2004 Jim was chairperson for the Eastern Prince of Wales Fish and Game Advisory Committee and involved with the Unit 2 Deer Planning Subcommittee in 2005. Realizing a need for accurate information on Sitka Black-tailed deer, Jim and two others created the Sitka Black-Tailed Deer Coalition. After retirement in 2022, Jim joined the ranks of the Mule Deer Foundation as the Alaskan Regional Coordinator. Jim is an avid hunter, preferring to hunt with a traditional black powder rifle.
Jake Garner — Anchorage
Term expires 6/30/2027
Jake is a born and bred Alaska Native from the rural village of Ouzinkie, Alaska. Ouzinkie is a small village on Spruce Island, located just north of Kodiak Island and just south of Afognak Island. He grew up in a small cabin without electricity or running water, and without a grocery store so hunting was a way of life, and just what his family had to do to exist. To this day, there is no store-bought beef in his freezer, only fish and game meat. Jake has hunted throughout Alaska and harvested many a deer, elk, moose, bear, caribou, muskox, ducks and seal. As he grew older and developed his career in the Alaska construction industry, he began to broaden his hunting experiences beyond Alaska. He has traveled throughout many of the lower 48 states, Hawaii and the world hunting wild game. No matter where his bullet or arrow flies, one thing always rings true for him on any hunting adventure, sharing in the experience, the harvest, remaining thankful and always eating what he harvests. While he grew up hunting and subsisting in rural Alaska, he now resides in Anchorage, Alaska and has chosen to continue to provide for his family from Alaska's natural resources. Now living in Alaska's largest city, he has a uniquely qualified perspective to look at hunting from both the urban and rural hunter's perspective. The goal in his pursuit of serving on the Board of Game is to protect Alaska's treasured wildlife for current and future generations of Alaskans. Because, when the state has a well-managed wildlife population with high numbers the allocation process of these resources becomes much easier, and all Alaskans can have full freezers.
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