McKenna retires from Game and Fish

Longtime North Dakota Game and Fish Department division chief Mike McKenna retired at the end of September after a 31-year career with the agency.

An Iowa native, McKenna earned a master’s degree from the University of North Dakota and started his Game and Fish career as a natural resources coordinator in 1979. Much of his work involved environmental issues such as wetland drainage, public land management and mitigation for development projects.

In 1989 he became chief of the natural resources division, and in 1999 he assumed leadership of the conservation and communications division.

Taking McKenna’s place is Sykeston native Paul Schadewald, former administrative services division chief and also a University of North Dakota graduate. Schadewald started his Game and Fish career in 1977 as the federal aid coordinator and had served as administrative services division chief since 1989.

The administrative services division is responsible for the department’s budget, federal aid coordination, licensing, printing, procurement, risk management and facility management.

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