Doug Massie
AK
Doug Massie is a retired director of the Alaska Wildlife Troopers and candidate for Alaska State House District 30 in 2026. He retired in 2022 after 25 years with the agency, including more than three years leading the division, and previously ran for Alaska Senate District O.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 5 records
The Anchorage Daily News reported that Massie is a former director of the Alaska Wildlife Troopers and a former president of the Public Safety Employees Association.
July 25, 2026
Source: adn.com · researched July 31, 2026
Massie and his wife Misty owned and operated a small business on Knik Goose Bay Road in Wasilla serving the dog mushing and snow-machining communities that employed ten local residents, and he had coached youth hockey for 24 years.
June 14, 2022
Source: deltadiscovery.com · researched July 31, 2026
Led the Alaska Wildlife Troopers as division director, overseeing 138 commissioned and civilian employees, and retired in May 2022 after a 25-year career with the state troopers. Earlier served as a wildlife investigator, field training officer, vessel operator, and fixed-wing pilot, earned Meritorious Service commendations, and was named the division's 2017 Supervisor of the Year.
May 25, 2022
Source: lastfrontiernews.com · researched July 31, 2026
Left the director's post at the Division of Alaska Wildlife Troopers in February 2021 and returned to duty as a wildlife trooper sergeant in the Mat-Su region. He stayed with the Department of Public Safety, and Col. Bryan Barlow took temporary charge of the division.
February 12, 2021
Source: alaskasnewssource.com · researched July 31, 2026
Massie was named Director of the Division of Alaska Wildlife Troopers on January 2, 2019, holding the rank of colonel; he had been hired as a fish and wildlife protection trooper in 1997 and promoted to sergeant in 2009 after earlier service with the Kotzebue Police Department.
January 2, 2019
Source: frontiersman.com · researched July 31, 2026
Past race Doug Massie ran in:
- State Representative, House District 30 · August 18, 2026 · State House District 30; Alaska
Profile last researched July 24, 2026.