Dick Mylius served 29 years with the Alaska Department of Natural Resources. From 2004 until his retirement in 2010 he was Director of the Division of Mining, Land and Water, which manages all state-owned land. Dick served as lead planner for projects in Bristol Bay, the Copper River Basin, and Southeast Alaska. He managed several projects to select lands for state ownership to fulfill statehood act land grants. During his career, he conducted over 100 public meetings regarding state lands in Alaskan communities from the tip of Southeast to the Northwest Arctic. Since retiring, Dick has been a core trainer for the Institute of the North’s ANILCA training, and does other land management trainings. He is active in the Cook Inlet Historical Society and Alaska Common Ground. Dick holds a BA in Geography from the State University of New York and a Master of Regional Planning from the University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources. He has two adult daughters.

Dick's slides can be found here -

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ny0aooujiljhu5e/Alaska%20Land%20History%20Anc%20Unitarian%20Fellowship%20-%20May%202021.pdf?dl=0