James “Jim” F. Moore

James “Jim” F. Moore, 61, of Escanaba, Mich., died May 4, 2011, at home following a brief illness.

He was born on May 17, 1949, to the late Wilmer and Kathleen (Regan) Moore in Wyandotte, Mich.

On Aug. 20, 2005, he married Jean Foerster in Wasilla.

Jim was a man with a great passion for Alaska and its people. He worked tirelessly with the Alaska Native people to help them receive and keep their allotted parcels of land and used environmental law to help create plans to protect Alaska’s environment. He also worked to protect reindeer herding and the Iditarod trail. Jim was especially interested in protecting Alaska’s clean fresh water and the state from the dangers of mineral mining. His greatest joy was when he became a National Environmental Policy Act coordinator and was able to help solve Alaska’s different environmental issues. He especially enjoyed flying out to work in Bush Alaska, in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta area near the mouth of the Yukon River and along the coast of the Bering Sea.

Jim’s friends and family remember him for his brilliance, his great sense of humor and his passion for life. In so many ways he touched so many lives, not only his friends and family, but he served well the people of Alaska.

Jim is survived by his loving wife; daughters, Megan and Kathleen “Kate” Moore; sons, John (Twyla) and Alexander Foerster; sisters, Joanne Petri and Kathleen Puchala; grandchildren, Calvin Sirrine and Evelyn Moore; as well as nieces and nephews.

Preceding him in death were his parents.

In accordance with his wishes, he was cremated and his family will remember him with a private memorial service at a later date.

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