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937 (453 taped) VOICES of the RIVER / 65 Expeditions
The watershed scientists, stewards and stakeholders below were
interviewed during NWNL Expeditions, watershed-related conferences and
other opportunities. Commentaries by those listed in Bold Font were taped
and transcribed. Commentaries by others listed below were written by hand.
COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN / 8 Expeditions
(156 Interviews – 77 Taped)
Columbia River Expedition: Source to Sea, 2007 (84 Interviews - 51 taped)
Sharon Cross - Kootenay River Network & Wildsight Board Member – Cranbrook BC
Laura Duncan - Kootenay River Network and Water Commons Network – Cranbrook BC
Art Gruenig - Painted turtle and bluebird conservationist – Cranbrook BC
Jim Clarricoates - Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fisheries Commission, Technician – Cranbrook BC
Heather Leschied – Wildsight - Windermere Lake BC
Kalista Pruden - Wildsight - Windermere Lake BC
Mike duBois - Shady Brook Resort - Windermere Lake BC
John Bergenske – Wildsight, Executive Director – Columbia Lake BC
Kindy Gosal – Manager, Columbia Basin Trust, Water Initiatives Program – Canal Flats BC
Rick Chartraw - Kinbasket Lake Resort, owner – Golden BC
Robert Sandford - UN Water for Life Decade, Canadian Chair – Canmore, Alberta
Shawn Marshall –University of Calgary, Faculty; Glaciologist– Canmore, Alberta
Donald MacLean – Resident - Valemont BC
Paula Stuart– Resident - Valemont BC
Bob Griffin– Resident - Valemont BC
Kathy Beeson– Resident - Valemont BC
Louise McLean – Resident - Valemont BC
Bob Beeson – Resident - Valemont BC
Linda Hicks – Resident - Valemont BC
Bill Kruisselbrink – Resident - Valemont BC
Joan Kruisselbrink– Resident - Valemont BC
Kim Thorn– Resident - Valemont BC
Tore Thorn– Resident - Valemont BC
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Alex Osadchuck – farmer– Valemont BC
Jean Osadchuck – farmer – Valemont BC
Andru McCracken - Robson Valley Times, Editor – Valemont BC
Brian Guy - Sr. - Geoscientist and Summit Environmental Consultant, Okanagan Valley - Vernon BC
Dr. Anna Warwick Sears - Okanagan Water Stewardship Council, Coordinator – Vernon BC
Deana Machin - Okanagan Nations Alliance, Fisheries Program Manager – Kelowna BC
Karen Bray - BC Hydro, Fisheries Biologist – Revelstoke BC
Jennifer Yeow - Slocan River Streamkeepers – Slocan BC
Eva Johansson - Slocan River Streamkeepers – Slocan Park BC
Corky Evans - BC Legislature (MLA) – Winlaw BC
Gerard Nellestijn - Salmo Watershed Streamkeepers Society, President/Coordinator – Salmo BC
James Baxter - BC Hydro Fish and Wildlife Compensation Prog., Fisheries Biologist – Salmo BC
John Bell - BC Provincial Government, Fisheries Biologist – Salmo BC
Jeremy Baxter - Fisheries Biologist Consultant – Salmo BC
Pat Field - Fish and Wildlife Habitat Biologist, Sculptor – Castlegar BC
Valentine Field - Kootenay Gallery, Executive Director – Castlegar BC
Raymond Masleck - Trail Daily Times
Sarah Benson –Trail Museum and Archives, Director – Trail BC
William Duncan - Teck Cominco Metals, Ltd., Senior Biologist – Trail BC
Carol Ann Vanelli Worosz - Teck Cominco Metals, Ltd., Communications Manager – Trail BC
Patti Bailey - Colville Confederated Nation – Colville WA
Dan Audet - Dept of Interior - Upper Columbia - Lake. Roosevelt Project, Manager - Grand Coulee WA
Don Odegard - Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association, President - Richland WA
Libby Manthey - Riverwalk Books - Wenatchee WA
William D. Layman - Historian, Author of River of Memory - Wenatchee WA
Susan Layman - Columbia Riverkeeper, Board Member – Wenatchee WA
Greg Strom - Cle Elum Supplementation and Research Facility, Fish Culturist – Cle Elum WA
Susan Parker - Wanapum Heritage Center Museum, Docent -Mattawa WA
Gerry Pollet - Heart of America Northwest, Executive Director - Richland WA
Dan Haas - Hanford Reach National Monument, Wild and Scenic Rivers Team Leader – Hanford WA
Greg Hughes - U.S. Fish and Wildlife, Hanford Reach N. M. - Hanford WA
Pat Arnold - Friends of White Salmon, Director – White Salmon River WA
Jim Wells – AmeriCorps Director; Kayaker – Husum Falls, Trout Lake WA
Brent Foster - Columbia Riverkeeper, Executive Director – Mt Hood OR
Mike Parsley – USGS, Fishery and White Sturgeo,n Biologist – Mt Hood OR
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Susan Chandler - The Grant Center International, Instructor – Portland OR
Esther Lev - The Wetlands Conservancy, Executive Director - Portland OR
Alexa Pengelly – Ecotrust, Salmon Nation Artists’ Project Coordinator - Portland OR
Patrick Willis - Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve, Executive Director - OR
Wenndi Friyder - Art Advisor - Portland OR
Judy McNally - Freelance Editor - Portland OR
Elizabeth Woody – Ecotrust, Program Specialist; Author - Portland OR
Dan Etra – EcoTrust, Citizenship Program Manager; Salmon Nation – Portland OR
Paula Burgess - Wild Salmon Center, North American Project Director – Portland OR
Sasha Twelker - Wild Salmon Center, Assistant/Mapmaker – Portland OR
David Wilkins - Western Rivers Conservancy, Development Director – Portland OR
Phillip Wallin - Western Rivers Conservancy, President – Portland OR
John C. Platt - Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, Deputy Director - OR
Chris Rauschenberg - Blue Sky Gallery, Owner and Curator- Portland OR
Catherine MacDonald - The Nature Conservancy, Director of Conservation Programs – Portland OR
Polly Birge - Bureau of Environmental Services, Office of Sustainable Development – Portland OR
George Exum - Friends of the River, Chair – Puget Island WA
Dan Seers - Columbia River Clean Energy Coalition; Columbia River Keeper - Puget Island WA
Wanda Brock – Friends of the River, 6th generation Logging Family - Puget Island WA
Franz Hiegel – Friends of the River, Resident– Puget Island WA
Kristin Lee - Sierra Club, Oregon LNG Coordinator, Friends of the River Resident – Puget Island WA
Ray Gardner - Chinook Nation, Chairman; American Rivers, Board Member – Cape Disappointment WA
Jim Fisher – Drift Gill Net Fishery, Fisherman – Clifton OR
Ted Messing - Columbia Riverkeeper, Member – Clifton OR
Cheryl Johnson - Columbia Riverkeeper. Member – Clifton OR
David Pearson - Columbia River Maritime Museum, Curator - Astoria WA
British Columbia Expedition, 2008 (10 Interviews – 5 taped)
Valentine Field - Kootenay Gallery, Curator – Castlegar BC
Takaia Larsen – Author (History of Teck Cominco) - Castlegar BC
Pat Field – Nature Conservancy of Canada, Darkwoods Project, Coordinator – Castlegar BC
Kalista Pruden - Wildsight - Windermere Lake BC
Gerry Nellestjin - Salmo Watershed Streamkeepers Society, Coordinator – Salmo BC
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Anne DeGrace – Hugh Keenleyside Dam Author - Castlegar, BC
Walter Volovsek - Waldie Environmental Reserve and Heron Reserve – Castlegar BC
Rick Chartraw - Kinbasket Lake Resort, Owner – Golden BC
René J. Hueppi - Upper Arrow Lake / Mulvehill Creek Wilderness Inn – Revelstoke BC
Ellen Zimmerman - Ramsar Sponsor for Columbia Wetlands & Wildsight, Founder – Golden WA
Elwha Dam, Toutle R., Lower Columbia Estuary, 2011 (25 Interviews – 5 taped)
Dr. Hal Beecher - Washington Dept. of Fish & Wildlife – Olympia WA
Susie Vanderburg - WET Science Center, Environmental Educator - Port Angeles WA
Yvon Chouinard - Patagonia Inc. founder, Author, Conservationist - Port Angeles WA
Dr. Timothy Kieron O’Mahony - Univ. of Washington, LIFE Center - Port Angeles WA
Dr. Robert S. Young - Western Carolina University. Coastal Geologist - Port Angeles WA
Dian Schostak - Olympic Peninsula Visitor Bureau. Exec. Director - Port Angeles WA
Amy Kober - American Rivers, President - Port Angeles WA
Nancy Bluestein Johnson - Huxley College of Environment Program, Manager - Olympic Peninsula WA
David Graves - National Parks Conservation Assoc., NW Program Manager - Olympic Peninsula WA
Norm Vader - Johnson Ridge Observatory, Volunteer - Mt. St. Helens, Toutle WA
Bud Clark - Lewis and Clark Historian - Cape Disappointment WA
Roger Wendlick - Lewis and Clark Historian - Cape Disappointment WA
Jim Sayce - Lewis and Clark Historian - Cape Disappointment WA
Lotsie “Clark” Holton - William Clark Family Representative - Cape Disappointment WA
Richard C Holton - American Rivers, Former Pres.; Meramec Watershed Alliance - Cape Disappointment WA
Eve Pearlmutter - William Clark Family Representative - Cape Disappointment WA
Ray Gardner - Chinook Nation, Chair; American Rivers, Board Member - Cape Disappointment WA
Sam Robinson - Chinook Nation, Vice Chairman - Cape Disappointment WA
Peggy Disney - Chinook Indian Nation, Council Member - Cape Disappointment WA
Kate Elliot - Chinook Indian Nation, Council Member - Cape Disappointment WA
Jan Morgan - Chinook Indian Nation, Office Manager - Cape Disappointment WA
Robert Kennedy - Northern Native American Nation, Member - Cape Disappointment WA
Alexa Pengelly – Ecotrust – Portland OR
Jack Graham - Nature Photographer – Portland OR
Gary Braasch - iLCP Conservation Photographer on Climate Change – Portland OR
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CRB’s Snake River, 2014 (24 Interviews – 16 taped)
Darryll Olsen - Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association – Kennewick WA
Rella Reimann - T & R Farms Inc., Co-owner – Lower Snake River WA
Reid Reimann - T & R Farms Inc., Co-owner – Lower Snake River WA
Mike Ritter - WA Dept. of Fish and Wildlife – Kennewick WA
Bryan Jones – Dryland Wheat Farmer – Dusty WA
David Doeringsfeld - Port of Lewiston, Manager – Lewiston ID
Joseph Y. Oatman - Nez Perce Tribe, Dept. of Fisheries Resources Management – Lapwai ID
Angela Sondenaa - Nez Perce Tribe Wildlife Management Program – Lapwai ID
Rebecca Miles - Nez Perce Tribe, Executive Director – Lapwai ID
Lynwood Laughy - Clearwater Valley Resident and Historian – Lewiston ID
Pat Schweiger - Hells Canyon Jet Boat Tour, Captain - Lewiston ID
Aaron K. Penney - Nez Perce Tribe Dept. of Fisheries Resources Management – Lapwai ID
Jeremy Heft - Wolf Education and Research Center, Resident biologist – Winchester ID
Ralph Steiner - Rapid River Fish Hatchery-Idaho Fish and Game, Manager – Boise ID
Kevin Lewis - Idaho Rivers United - Conservation Program Director – Boise ID
Cindy Busche - Boise Watershed Environmental Education Center – Boise ID
F. S. “Buck” Ryan III - Snake River Waterkeeper - Executive Director – Boise ID
Chris Randolph - Idaho Power Company, Dir. of Environmental Affairs – Boise ID
Brad Bowlin - Idaho Power Company / Corporate Communications – Boise ID
Zachary Atkinson – Idaho Power Company Hydro Operations, Generation Specialist – Boise ID
Tate Mason - World Center for Birds of Prey - Peregrine Fund - Education Coordinator – Boise ID
Matt Woodard - Trout Unlimited - Blackfoot River Home Initiative, Project Mgr. - Idaho Falls ID
Gregg Losinski - Idaho Fish & Game - Regional Conservation Educator - Idaho Falls ID
Patrick Sheehy - Westbank Anglers, River Guide - Jackson Hole WY
Transboundary Conference; Spokane River Basin, 2014 (6 Interviews - 0 taped))
Gerard Nellestijn - Salmo Watershed Streamkeepers Society, President/Coordinator – Salmo BC
Patti Bailey - Colville Confederated Nation - Colville WA
Kindy Gosal –Columbia Basin Trust, Water Initiatives Program, Manager – Castlegar BC
Bryan Jones - Dryland Wheat Farmer – Dusty WA
Andru McCracken - Robson Valley Times, Editor – Valemont BC
Jack Nisbet – Historian and Author – Spokane WA
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The Palouse – Snake River Basin WA, Mar 2015 (3 Interviews - 0 taped)
Sam Mace - Save Our Salmon, Director – Spokane WA
Bryan Jones – Dryland Wheat Farmer, Whitman County Conservation Board – Dusty WA
Francis Jones – Retired Homestead Farmer - Dusty WA
The Palouse – Snake River Basin WA & OR, May 2015 (1 interview – 0 taped)
Bryan Jones – Dryland Wheat Farmer, Whitman County Conservation Board – Dusty WA
Oregon Tributaries Expedition – 2017 (3 Interviews – 0 taped)
Bill Pengelly – Retired Engineer, Resident – Bend OR
Gussie Baker – Photographer & Resident – Bend OR
John Baker – Retired Cardiologist & Resident – Bend OR
MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN / 12 Expeditions
(259 Interviews - 172 Taped)
Mississippi River Flood Expedition, Missouri, & Arkansas 1993 (6 Interviews - 0 taped))
Janet Joggerst - Inn Sainte Gemme Beauvais, Manager – Sainte. Genevieve MO
Karen Kulberg – Artist & Main Street B&B, Co-owner – Sainte Genevieve MO
Ken Kulberg – Main Street B&B, Co-owner – Sainte Genevieve MO
Alvin - U. S. National Guard, Sand-bagger – Sainte Genevieve MO
Barbara Hankins – Southern Hotel, Co-owner – Sainte Genevieve MO
Mike Hankins – Southern Hotel, Co-owner – Sainte Genevieve MO
Yazoo Delta Expedition, Mississippi, 2008 (9 Interviews – 6 taped)
Alison Fast – Barefoot Workshops, Instructor, Documentary Film-maker – Clarksdale MS
Chandler Griffin –Barefoot Workshops, Director; Film-maker – Clarksdale MS
Robert Birdsong - Clarksdale Fire Department, Historian - Friar's Point MS
John Ruskey - Quapaw Canoe Company, Owner - Clarksdale MS
Roger Stolle - Cat Head Delta Blues, Owner - Clarksdale MS
Jerry Dixon - Miss Dell's Feed and Food Store - Clarksdale MS
Bill Sheppard - Yazoo Mississippi Delta Levee Board, Assistant Chief Engineer - Clarksdale MS
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Tim Wilkins - Yazoo Mississippi Delta Levee Board, Public Access Manager & Biologist - Clarksdale MS
Sam L. Hobart Jr. - Yazoo Mississippi Delta Levee Board, Registered Forester – Clarksdale MS
Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Expedition, 2008 (0 Interviews)
Atchafalaya River Basin Expedition, 2011 (25 Interviews – 19 taped)
Dr. Jay Hunter – Wetlands, Water Birds & Crawfish Lecturer – Baton Rouge LA.
Dr. Bryan Piazza - The Nature Conservancy - Baton Rouge LA
Dr. Paul Kemp - Baton Rouge Audubon Society - Baton Rouge LA
Karen Westphal - Baton Rouge Audubon Society - Baton Rouge LA,
Drew Landry – Commercial craw-fisherman, Singer-Songwriter – Layfayette LA
Dean Wilson - Atchafalaya River Basinkeeper - Placquemine LA
Greg Guirard - Atchafalaya Photographer & Author – Placquemine LA
John Williams - Pack and Paddle, Co-owner - Lafayette LA
Becky Williams - Pack and Paddle, Co-owner - Lafayette LA
Craig Simon - Atchafalaya Basin, Pilot - Placquemine LA
C. C. Lockwood – Marsh Mission, Director; Photographer, Author – Baton Rouge LA
Madeleine Cenac - Antiquarian Creole Decorator - Lake Martin LA
Jim Fruge - Fisherman’s Cove, Fish Processor - Henderson LA
Captain Coerte Voorhees - Indian Bayou Wildlife Management & Reserve, Geologist & Guide -Lafayette LA
Kim Voorhees - Atchafalaya Swamp, Indian Bayou, Guide – Lafayette LA
Robert Romero - Cajun Fisherman and Inn Owner - New Iberia LA
John Melasan – Commercial Shrimper - Delcambre Harbor LA
Dennis, aka "Tattoo" - Commercial Shrimper - Delcambre Harbor LA
David Melasan - Commercial shrimper - Delcambre Harbor LA
Wilma Subra - Subra Inc., Owner; Chemist - Baton Rouge LA
Anthony Brown - Surveyor and Historian – Morgan City LA
Reed Crappell - Fisherman - Berwick LA
Larry Eschete - L & A Seafood and Produce, Owner - Houma LA
Adam Guidry - L & A Seafood and Produce, Owner - Houma LA
Pat Landry - Continental Oil, former Supervisor - Grand Isle LA
Red & Canadian Rivers Expedition, 2012 (39 Interviews - 33 taped)
Shelley Nutt –Texas Peanut Producers Board, Executive Director –SEJ, Lubbock TX
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Kristen Avery - Farming & Water Lecturer -SEJ, Lubbock TX
Judy Reeves - Farming & Water Lecturer -SEJ, Lubbock TX
Sherry Stephens - Farming & Water Lecturer -SEJ, Lubbock TX
Sharlene Leurig - Farming & Water Lecturer - SEJ, Lubbock TX
Bob Kilmer - Matador Ranch, Manager - Motley County TX
Jim Mahoney – Koch Industries, Executive Vice President – Motley County TX
Jim Conkwright – High Plains Water Conservation District # 1, General Manager – Lake Allen Henry TX
Dr. Rainwater – Texas Tech Interdisciplinary Research, Civil Engineer –SEJ, Lubbock TX
Jayne Belnap – USGS, Research Scientist – SEJ, Moab UT
Wayne Polley – Grassland and Soils Researcher – SEJ, Lubbock TX
Compton Tucker – NASA – Goddard Space Flight Center, Senior Scientist – SEJ, Lubbock TX
Ron Wildermuth – Orange County Indirect Potable Re-Use – SEJ, Orange County, CA
Alfredo Armendariz – Sierra Club; US EPA, Region 6 – SEJ, West Texas
Paxton Payton – USDA-ARS Cropping Systems Research Lab, Plant Physiologist – SEJ, Lubbock
Dick Ault – Rockwell Endowed Chair in Plant and Soil Science – SEJ, Lubbock
Seshadri Ramkumar – Texas Tech University, Non-Wovens & Advanced Materials Lab - SEJ, Lubbock
Cynthia Barnett – Univ. of Florida College of Journalism & Communications, author (Rain) – SEJ, Florida
Richard Ramirez - Cotton Farmer - Lubbock TX
Nathan Simon - Llano Estacado Vineyard, Employee – Lubbock TX
Joe Stevens - Buffalo Bookstore, Manager– Canyon TX
Sharon Stevens - Buffalo Bookstore, Manager - Canyon TX
Warren Stricker - Panhandle Plains Historical Museum, Archivist - Canyon TX
Sharon Stephens - Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Visitor – Canyon TX
Jo Stephens - Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Visitor – Canyon TX
Brenda Martinez - Macdonald’s Employee; Dust Bowl Branddaughter - Dalhart TX
Tacqua Page - Best Western Motel, Manager - Dalhart TX
Nick Olson – XIT Museum, Manager – Dalhart TX
Reed Echols - Woody Guthrie Folk Music Center, Curator - Pampa TX
Cathy Corr - The Bucket Restaurant, Waitress - Canadian TX
Rebecca Flowers - The Bucket Restaurant, Waitress - Canadian TX
Steve Lowe – Dentist; Pecan Farmer - Glen Rose TX
Ms. Phyllis Dyer – Watershed Protection Plan Watchdog - Vernon TX
Howard Davies - Arche Winery, Oak Creek Vineyards, Owner - Saint Jo TX
Kathy Whaley - Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge, Manager - Sherman TX
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Jodie Gibbs – Sand Mining Business, Employee - Hendrix OK
Alan Ritchey – Sand Mining Business, Employee - Hendrix OK
Authorine Jones - Resident - Bluff OK
Howard Turnel - Farmer - Hugo OK
Upper & Mid-Mississippi River Expedition, 2013 (32 Interviews- 23 taped)
Melissa Peterson - Minnesota Historical Society, Site Supervisor - Little Falls MN
Steve Mikkelson - Minnesota Pollution Control Agency - Brainerd MN
Connie Cox – Itasca State Park, Senior Naturalist - MN
Tom Coborn - Lake Itasca Boat Tours, USCG Captain and Owner - MN
Ray Squires - St Croix River, Fisherman - MN
Randy Devendorf – USACE, Chief of Environmental Planning - MN
Gretchen Benjamin - The Nature Conservancy – La Crosse WI
Tom Lukens - Kickapoo Valley Stewardship Network, Chairman - Viroqua IL
Shelly Brenneman - Kickapoo Valley Stewardship Network - Viroqua IL
Jessica Rizzolo - Kickapoo Valley Stewardship Network - Viroqua IL
Dr. Laura Jackson - Univ. of Northern Iowa, Biology Professor – Cedar Falls IA
Daryl Smith - Tallgrass Prairie Center, Director - Cedar Falls IA
Captain Chris Cowen - Belle of the Rock, Pilot - Starved Rock State Park IL
Eric Bryant - Village President - DePue IL
Deborah Gregg – Tourist– Ste. Genevieve MO
Karen Kulberg – Artist; Main Street B&B, Co-owner – Ste. Genevieve MO
Ken Kulberg – Main Street B&B, Co-owner – Ste. Genevieve MO
Robert Cail - US F&W, Kaskaskia Lock and Dam – Kaskaskia IL
James Hill – USACE, Middle Mississippi NWR – Modoc IL
Dr. Mabel Purkerson - Missouri Botanical Garden, Board Member – St Louis MO
Patrick McGinnis - USACE Wildlife Biologist; The Horinko Group, Advisor on Water Resources - W Alton MO
Richard C. Holton - American Rivers, former Pres.; Deer Creek Alliance, Ducks Unlimited – St Louis MO
Dr. James Brown - Northwestern University, Anthropologist – St Louis MO
Dr. Mark Esarey - Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, Site Manager & Archeologist - IL
Ed Weilbacher - Heartlands Conservancy, Special Projects Manager - IL
Dr. Gayle Fritz - Washington Univ., Mississippian Culture Anthropologist - Cahokia Mounds IL
Daniel Burkhardt – Resident & Author (Missouri River Country, 2013) – St Louis MO
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Carla Wilson - EcoWorks Unlimited, President; Deer Creek Alliance, Mgr. – Deer Creek, St Louis MO
Deborah Frank - Deer Creek Watershed Alliance, Director; Missouri Botanical Garden, Staff – St Louis MO
David Wilson - St. Louis Science Center, Education Director; East-West Council of Government – St Louis MO
Warren Grace - America's Confluence, Executive Director - St Louis MO
Rebecca Fink – USACE National Great Rivers Museum, Park Ranger - Alton IL
Tennessee & Ohio Rivers Expedition - SEJ, 2013 (50 Interviews – 37 taped)
Jesse Purvis - New River Gorge NP, Aquatic Ecologist – Glen Jean WV
Greg Westman - Dulcimer and Psalterie Musician - New River Gorge NP, WV
Jenny Newby - IJAMS Nature Center, Development Assistant - Knoxville TN
Thomas W. Barnett – TVA, Coordinator of TN & OH Water Levels - Knoxville TN
Travis Brickley - TVA, Public Relations – Knoxville TN
Fredrick D. Brown - Sequoyah Nuclear Plant (TVA), Construction Administrator – SEJ, Chattanooga TN
Mike Bradley - Sequoyah Nuclear Plant (TVA), Corporate Relations - SEJ, Chattanooga TN
Malinda Hanson - Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Public Relations - SEJ, Chattanooga TN
Chris Reneau - Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, TVA representative – SEJ, Chattanooga TN
Roger Witherspoon – Society of Environmental Journalists, Energy Reporter – SEJ, Chattanooga TN
Anne Harris - TVA, Former Employee – SEJ, Chattanooga TN
Steve Smith - Southern Alliance of Clean Energy, Executive Dir. – SEJ, Chattanooga TN
John Carlin - Sequoyah Nuclear Plant - SEJ, Chattanooga TN
Sandy Kertz – Community Resident – Chattanooga TN
Dave Flessner - Community Resident – Chattanooga TN
Tony Townsend - Chickamauga Dam, TVA Public Relations - Chattanooga TN
Pam Sohn - Chattanooga Times Free Press, Opinion Editor - Chattanooga TN
Michael Marino – JACOBS, “Green Southside” Operations Manager – Chattanooga TN
Ken Hays – Southside Resident – Chattanooga TN
Jerry Body - Resident - South Pittsburg TN
Pat Byington - Wild South / Tennessee Wild Project - Cherokee National Forest TN
Ray Dennison - Pal Harbor Marina, Owner - Guntersville AL
Carolyn Terry - The Apron Museum, Owner - Iuka MS
Morgan Turner – Waitress; soon-to-be TVA Employee - Iuka MS
Gwen Griffith - Cumberland River Compact, Program Director - Nashville TN
Paul Davis - Dept. of Environment & Conservation, Water Resources Consultant - Nashville TN
Al Gore - Former Vice President of U.S. - Nashville TN
Craig Owens - Metro Nashville Planning Dept. - Nashville TN
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Carol Eimers - TVA Coal Fly Ash Site, Swan Pond Rd., Support Services Manager - Kingston TN
Kathryn Nash - TVA Coal Fly Ash site on Swan Pond Rd., General Manager - Kingston TN
Duncan Mansfield – TVA Coal Fly Ash site on Swan Pond Rd, Communications Consultant – Kingston TN
Neil Carriker - TVA Coal Fly Ash site on Swan Pond Rd., Scientist - Kingston TN
Lynnette Douglas - The American Pearl Museum, Owner - Birdsong TN
James L. Evans Jr. – Pokey’s Cafe & Bullfrog Bait Shop, Owner - Grand Rivers KY
Bob Maxwell - Former Grand Rivers Councilman - Grand Rivers KY
Sally Guterriez - EPA Cincinnati Region, Technology Collaboration & Transfer – Cincinnati OH
Rich Cogin - Ohio River Foundation, Director - Cincinnati OH
Peter A. Tennant - Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission, Executive Director - Cincinnati OH
Charles C. Sommerville - Marshall Univ, College Dean; Ohio River Basin Alliance, Chair - Huntington WV
Mark D. Kessinger - USACE Project Manager - Ohio River Basin Alliance (ORBA) - Huntington WV
Robin Mahonen – Wheeling Warriors, Co-founders - Wheeling WV
Ed Mahonen – Wheeling Warriors, Co-founders - Wheeling WV
Eric Bowers - High School teacher - Wheeling WV
Mark R. Eddy - Exogeny Radio Network, Research Director - Wheeling WV
Benjamin Stout - Wheeling Jesuit University, Biology Professor – Wheeling WV
Steve Novotny - SKKX Radio, Interviewer - Wheeling WV
Douglas Shields - Pittsburgh City Councilman, President - Pittsburgh PA
Bridget Shields - Marcellus Protest Grassroots, Co-Founder - Pittsburgh PA
Gloria Forouzan - Center for Progressive Leadership, Marcellus Protest - Pittsburgh PA
Loretta Weir - Marcellus Protest, Communities for Rights in Environment - Pittsburgh PA
Lower Mississippi River Basin, SEJ, 2014 (45 Interviews – 32 taped)
Dan Borne - LA Chemical Association, President - SEJ, Geismar LA
Dan Toczniak - American Chemical Council – SEJ, Geismar LA
Celena Cage - LA Dept. Environmental Quality, Enforcement Administrator - SEJ, Geismar LA
Bryan Johnston - LA Dept. Environmental Quality - SEJ, Geismar LA
Kim Nibarger – United Steelworkers – SEJ, Geismar LA
David Gray – EPA, Region 6 – SEJ, Geismar LA
Tim Wheeler – The Baltimore Sun, Reporter – SEJ, New Orleans LA
Ellen Gilinsky – EPA Office of Water, Senior Policy Advisor - SEJ, New Orleans LA
Patrick Parenteau – Vermont Law School, Prof of Law and Senior Counsel - SEJ, New Orleans LA
Michelle Perez – World Resources Institute, Senior Associate Water Quality - SEJ, New Orleans LA
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Nancy Rabalais – Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Executive Director SEJ, New Orleans LA
Cynthia Barnett - U of Florida College of Journalism & Communication, author (Rain) – SEJ, New Orleans LA
Jay Famiglietti - NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Senior Water Scientist – SEJ, New Orleans LA
Christiana Peppard – Fordham University, Professor; Author – SEJ, New Orleans LA
Matt Weiser – The Sacramento Bee, Senior Writer – SEJ, New Orleans LA
Rebecca Catalanello – The Times-Picayune, Health Reporter – SEJ, New Orleans LA
George Barisich – Louisiana Shrimp Association, President – SEJ, New Orleans LA
James Diaz – Louisiana State U, Dept of Environmental Sciences, Program Director – SEJ, New Orleans LA
Emily Harville – Tulane University, Professor – SEJ, New Orleans LA
Patrick Juneau – BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Attorney and Claims – SEJ, New Orleans LA
Ann Rolfes - Louisiana Budget Brigade – New Orleans LA
Greg Miller - USACE New Orleans, Planning Division –Port of New Orleans LA
John Adornato - Jean Lafitte National Historic Park, NPS Conservation Association – Barataria LA
Amanda Moore - Restore the Mississippi Delta, Deputy Director – New Orleans LA
Audrey Trufant-Salvant – Plaquemines Parish Councilwoman - LA
Jonathan Henderson – Gulf Restoration Network – New Orleans LA
Capt. Shane Mayfield – Fishing Boat, captain – Venice Marina LA
Jamie Dardar – Fisherman & Climate-change Refugee – Isle de Jean Charles LA
Linda Cooke – Bayou Corne Resident - Atchafalaya Basin LA
Sandra Crochet - Bayou Corne Resident - Atchafalaya Basin LA
Dean Wilson - Atchafalaya Basinkeeper - Placquemine LA
Marylee Orr - Louisiana Environmental Action Network (LEAN), Exec. Director - Baton Rouge LA
Paul Orr - Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper - Baton Rouge LA
Michael Orr - Louisiana Environmental Action Network (LEAN), Communications Dir. - Baton Rouge LA
Bryan P. Piazza - The Nature Conservancy, LA, Director, Author (The Atchafalaya Basin) - Baton Rouge LA
Paul Kemp – Louisiana State U. Professor; SE Louisiana Flood Protection Authority; Audubon – Baton Rouge LA
Kenwood Kennen - Shady Tree Inn, Owner; Retired Lawyer – St. Francisville LA
Speed Bancroft – Giles Island, Resident – Vidalia LA
Kent Parrish - USACE Mississippi River Levees, Senior Project Manager - New Orleans LA
Noah Broman – USACE Mississippi Division’s Dam & Levee Production Center, Director - New Orleans LA
Tommy Hengst - USACE River Branch Operations, Chief – New Orleans LA
Peggy Pierpont – Resident & Kayaker – Natchez MI
Adam Elliot - Quapaw Canoe Company, Guide - Natchez MI
John Ruskey - Quapaw Canoe Company, Director - Clarksdale MS
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David Hill – RARE Founder; Ornithologist, Photographer – Memphis TN
Lower Mississippi River Basin– Natchez, 2014 (0 Interviews)
Texas – Oklahoma: Canadian & Red Rivers, SEJ, 2015 (23 Interviews - 0 taped)
Ray Straub –Geologist in Texas Permian Basin & Ouachita Trend – Midland TX
Kathryn Sullivan – NOAA Administrator, Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere – SEJ, Norman OK
Berrien More – National Weather Center, Director – SEJ, Norman OK
Jonathan Overpeck - Institute of the Environment, University of Arizona - SEJ, Norman OK
Kathleen Tierney - Natural Hazards Center, Director & University of Colorado, Professor – SEJ, Norman OK
Brett Walton - Circle of Blue, News Correspondent - SEJ, Norman OK
Monica Feyman - Ceres, Water Program, Senior Manager - SEJ, Norman OK
J. D. Strong – Oklahoma Water Resources Board, Executive Director - SEJ, Norman OK
Robert Mason – USGS, Chief of Surface Water - SEJ, Norman OK
Christy George – Independent TV Producer - SEJ, Norman OK
Riley Dunlap – Oklahoma State University, Sociology Professor - SEJ, Norman OK
Katherine Hayhoe – Climate Science Center, SEJ, Norman OK
Brian Fuchs – National Drought Mitigation Center, Associate Geoscientist/Climatologist – SEJ, Norman OK
Jay Lund – Center for Watershed Sciences, Director - SEJ, Norman OK
Gary McManus – Oklahoma MESOMET, State Climatologist, University of Oklahoma - SEJ, Norman OK
Holger Kray – World Bank, Lead Agriculture Economist - SEJ, Norman OK
Meera Subramanian – Author (A River Runs Again) and Independent Journalist - SEJ, Norman OK
Bob Engelman – World Watch, Author (More) - SEJ, Norman OK
Jeff Hayward – Rainforest Alliance, Director of Climate Program - SEJ, Norman OK
Tom Henry – The Toledo Blade, Environmental Writer/Columnist - SEJ, Norman OK
Craig Butler – Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Director - SEJ, Norman OK
Frank Szollosi – National Wildlife Federation, Great Lakes Regional Outreach Manager - SEJ, Norman OK
Greg Kail – American Water Works Association, Director of Communication - SEJ, Norman OK
Central Platte River Basin - NEB, 2017 (9 Interviews – 6 taped)
Emma Brinley Buckley – Crane Trust Staff - Wood River
Andrew Caven – Lepidopterist & Lecturer – Wood River
Brice Krohn - Crane Trust, Vice President - Wood River
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Dr. Nicole Arcilla - Crane Trust, Lead Scientist - Wood River
Kelsey King - Crane Trust, Volunteers Director – Wood River
Justin Haahr - Wildlife Biologist - Nebraska Game Parks - Wood River
George Archibald – International Crane Foundation – Wood River
Sarah Sortum – Central Nebraska Sandhills, Farmer & Environmentalist - Burwell
Bruce Switzer - Central Nebraska Sandhills, Farmer in Ecotourism - Burwell
Missouri River Basin & KXL Route - NEB, 2017 (16 Interviews – 13 taped)
Duane Whapple - Santee Sioux Museum, Historian – Niobrara
Robert D. Wabasha - Santee Sioux, Resident - Niobrara
Barbara Farrar - Niobrara Museum, Curator - Niobrara
Shannon Wright - Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, Historic Preservation Officer – Niobrara
Jennifer Troester - Commercial Farmer – O’Neill
Barrett Troester –Commercial Farmer’s Son – O’Neill
Sharyn Troester - Commercial Farmer - O’Neill
Jeanne Crumly - Commercial Farmer - O’Neill
Aaron Troester - Commercial Farmer – O’Neill
Rachel Kohlman - O’Neill Police Officer – O’Neill
Chad Cronk – Farm Manager – O’Neill
Art Tanderup – Commercial Farmer– Neligh
Helen Tanderup – Commercial Farmer – Neligh
Tom Genung - Bold Nebraska, Member – York
Cathie Genung - Bold Nebraska, Member – York
Jane Klebbe - Bold Nebraska, Director – Hastings
Yazoo Delta / Sunflower River Basin– Clarksdale MS, 2018 (5 Interviews - 3 taped)
John Ruskey - Quapaw Canoe Company, Founding Director – Clarksdale MS
Shannon McMulkin – Lower Mississippi River Foundation, Director – Helena AR
Bubba O’Keefe – Icon, Jewel of a Storyteller, River Rat and Resident – Clarksdale MS
Dr. Wong Ping – Author, Poet, Professor of Macalester College – St Paul MN
Mark “River” Peoples – Quapaw Canoe Company River Guide & Youth Leader – Clarksdale MS
RARITAN RIVER BASIN / 12 Expedition Years
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(176 Interviews – 58 Taped)
(Since this watershed is just 1 hour from our NYC base, its documentation is often done by day trips,
according to weather. Thus, our Raritan Expeditions below are grouped by year and counted by year.)
Upper Raritan River Basin, 2007 (5 Interviews - 0 taped)
Peter Melick – Commercial Farmer – Oldwick NJ
Gretchen Johnson – Resident Landowner – Oldwick NJ
James Johnson – Resident Landowner – Oldwick NJ
Robert Spiegel – Edison Wetlands Association, Director– Edison NJ
Lawrence Ross – Tewksbury Trails Association, Chair – Oldwick NJ
Upper & Lower Raritan Rivers, Raritan-Delaware Canal, 2008 (0 Interviews)
Upper & Lower Raritan River, Raritan Bay, 2009 (4 Interviews - 2 taped)
Robert Spiegel – Edison Wetlands Association, Director – Edison NJ
David Wheeler – WildNature and New Jersey TV, Reporter; Conservationist – Edison NJ
Melanie Worob – Edison Wetlands Association, Triple C Ranch Program Director –Edison NJ
Ron Loeffler – Resident – Sayreville NJ
1st Raritan River Symposium: RRS, Rutgers Univ., 2009 (21 Interviews – 5 taped)
Dr. Judith Shaw – Sustainable Raritan River Initiative, Dir; Rutgers, J. Bloustein School – RRS, Rutgers
Cindy Ehrenclou - Upper Raritan Headwaters Association, Director (Bedminster NJ) – RRS, Rutgers
Gov. James Florio – Former NJ Governor Rutgers University, E. J. Bloustein School Professor – RRS, Rutgers
Henry Daaleman - Mushett Family Foundation, CEO – RRS, Rutgers
Dr. Chris Obropta – Rutgers University, SEBS; Cooperative Extension- Water Resources – RRS, Rutgers
Rick Kropp – USGS and NJ Water Quality Center– RRS, Rutgers
Robert Speigel - Edison Wetlands Association, Director (Edison) – RRS, Rutgers
Debbie Mans - NY/NJ Baykeeper, Executive Director (Keyport) – RRS, Rutgers
John Sacco - NJ Dept of Environmental Protection – RRS, Rutgers
William Shultz – Raritan Riverkeeper – RRS, Rutgers
Margaret O’Gorman – Conserve Wildlife Foundation, Executive Director – RRS, Rutgers
Kenneth Klipstein - NJ Water Supply Authority, Director; formerly NJ DEP – RRS, Rutgers
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Jun Choi –Edison Township, Mayor – RRS, Rutgers
Michael Weinstein – Montclair State University, Institute of Sustainability Studies, Director – RRS, Rutgers
Jerry Zaro – NJ Office of Economic Growth, Development – RRS, Rutgers
Martin McHugh – NJ Department of Environmental Protection – RRS, Rutgers
Carl Anderson – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Authority (NOAA), Regional Biologist – RRS, Rutgers
Tom Gilbert – NJ Keep It Green Coalition, Senior Conservation Finance Director and Chairman – RRS, Rutgers
Jim Waltman - Stoney Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, Director – RRS, Rutgers
Valerie Montecalvo – Bayshore Recycling – RRS, Rutgers
Dennis Hart – Environmental Infrastructure Trust, Executive Director – RRS, Rutgers
Upper Raritan River Basin, 2010 (3 Interviews – 0 taped)
Lauren Theis – Upper Raritan Watershed Association, Stewardship Program Manager – Bedminster
Jeremy Carlson – Upper Raritan Watershed Association, NJ Watershed Ambassador - Bedminster
Suki Dewey – Upper Raritan Watershed Association, Board Member – Bedminster
Upper & Lower Raritan River Basins, 2011 (3 Interviews – 0 taped)
Lawrence Ross - Tewksbury Trails Association, Director – Oldwick NJ
Steve Brookman - BioBlitz participant, Commercial Pilot – Bedminster
Steve Klawitter – BioBlitz participant, Watchung Hills, Regional HS Student – Bedminster
3rd Raritan River Symposium: RRS, Rutgers Univ., 2011 (18 Interviews – 0 taped)
Dr. Richard McCormick – Rutgers University, President – RRS, Rutgers
Jerry Sharfenberger - Milltown Township, Mayor – RRS, Rutgers
Dr. Judith Shaw – Sustainable Raritan River Initiative, Dir; Rutgers Univ, E. J. Bloustein School – RRS, Rutgers
Anthony Splendoria – Back to Nature, Owner & Sustainable Landscape Architect – RRS, Rutgers
Robert Spiegel – Edison Wetlands Association, Director – RRS, Rutgers
Cindy Ehrenclou – Upper Raritan Watershed Association, Director – RRS, Rutgers
Jim Waltman – Stoney-Brook–Millstone River Association – RRS, Rutgers
Dr. Beth Ravit – Rutgers University, Department of Environmental Science – RRS, Rutgers
Leslie Sauer – Bowman’s Hill Wildlife Preserve, Plant Stewardship Index – RRS, Rutgers
Brett Berkeley – Green Vest, Wetland & Biodiversity Mitigation Banking – RRS, Rutgers
Julia Allen – Readington Township. Farmer – RRS, Rutgers
Judith Enck – NY, NJ, Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands EPA – RRS, Rutgers
Dr. Stephen Handel – Rutgers University, Plant Ecologist – RRS, Rutgers
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Gene Huntington – DEP; Duke Farms Foundation– RRS, Rutgers
John Wagar – Conservation Resources Inc., Conservation Programs – RRS, Rutgers
Gloria McCauley – Hillsborough Township, Mayor – RRS, Rutgers
Sandy Batty – Highlands Coalition, Board Member – RRS, Rutgers
Michael Catania – Duke Farms Foundation, Executive Director – RRS, Rutgers
Lower Raritan River Basin, post-Superstorm Sandy, 2012 (3 Interview – 1 taped)
Dr. Judith Shaw – Sustainable Raritan River Initiative, Director; Rutgers University, E. J. Bloustein School
Heather Fenyk – Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership, Executive Director – New Brunswick NJ
William Young - USA Environmental, Wetlands Scientist - New Brunswick NJ
4th Raritan River Symposium: Duke Farms, RRS, 2012 (12 Interviews - 0 taped)
Dr. Richard McCormick – Rutgers University, President - RRS, Duke Farms
Kaid Benfield - NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) - RRS, Duke Farms
Michael Catania - Duke Farms Foundation, Exec Director (Hillsborough) - RRS, Duke Farms
John Jengo – Environmental Remediation Professional (Perth Amboy NJ) - RRS, Duke Farms
Amy Soli – Stoney Brook–Millbrook Watershed Association, Science Director - RRS, Duke Farms
Carl Alderson – NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Authority) - RRS, Duke Farms
David Bean - NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Authority - RRS, Duke Farms
Stewart Pickett – Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies - RRS, Duke Farms
Mark Gallagher – Princeton Hydro (Ringoes, NJ) - RRS, Duke Farms
Tim Crowley – FEMA, Region 2 - RRS, Duke Farms
John A Miller – Passaic River Flood Advisory Committee - RRS, Duke Farms
Dr. Rick Lathrop – Rutgers University, SEBS, Professor - RRS, Duke Farms
Dredge Fest: New York /New Jersey Harbor, NYC 2012 (9 Interviews – 0 taped)
Bill Murphy – e4Scientists, Managing Scientist - NYC
Douglas Pabst - EPA Dredging, Sediments and Oceans Section, Chief - NYC
Edgar Westerhof – Project Manager and Water Consultant - NYC
Vicki Ginter – RenCate Geosynthetics America, Water & Environment Group, Manager - NYC
Catherine Seavill Nordenson – City College of NY, Landscape Architecture, Associate Professor - NYC
Kate Orff - Columbia GSAPP, Assistant Professor; SCAPE, Founder - NYC
Phil Orton – Stephens Institute, Coastal Adaptation - NYC
Hans Hesselein – Gowanus Canal Conservancy, Green Infrastructure - NYC
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Debbie Mans – NY/NJ Baykeeper, Executive Director - NYC
Green, South, Stony Brook-Millstone, Upper Raritan River, 2013 (2 Interviews – 0 taped)
Joe Sapia – Author, Resident in Raritan Basin’s Pine Barrens Outlier – Helmetta NJ
John Jengo – Environmental Remediation Professional – Perth Amboy NJ
5th Raritan River Symposium: RRS, Rutgers Univ., 2013 (7 Interviews – 0 taped)
Dean Jim Hughes - Rutgers University, Dean – RRS, Rutgers
Dean Bob Goodman – Rutgers University, E. J. Bloustein School, Dean – RRS, Rutgers
Ken Klipstein - NJ Water Supply Authority, Director; formerly NJ DEP – RRS, Rutgers
Dr. Jill Lipoti - NJ Department of Environmental Protection – RRS, Rutgers
Paul Pogorzelski - Hopewell Township Green Master Plans – RRS, Rutgers
Frank Banish – Banish Associates, Planners – RRS, Rutgers
Chris Danis – NJ Highlands Council – RRS, Rutgers
Mini- Raritan River Symposium: RRS, Duke Farms, 2013 (10 Interviews – 0 taped)
Bill Shultz – Raritan Riverkeeper – RRS, Rutgers
Debbie Mans – NY/NJ Baykeeper, Executive Director – RRS, Rutgers
Patty Ruby - Hunterdon Land Trust, Land Preservation – RRS, Rutgers
Anthony Broccoli – NJ State Climate Report, Contributing Author – RRS, Rutgers
Dr. Rick Lathrop – Rutgers University, SEBS, Professor – RRS, Rutgers
Jeanne Herb – Rutgers, E.J. Bloustein School, Environmental Analysis & Communications – RRS, Rutgers
Michael Catania – Duke Farms Foundation, Executive Director – RRS, Rutgers
Jim Waltman – Stoney-Brook and Millstone Watershed Association, Director – RRS, Rutgers
William Kibler – Raritan Headwaters, Director of Policy – RRS, Rutgers
Tom Almendinger - Duke Farms Foundation, Stewardship Director – RRS, Rutgers
6th Raritan River Symposium: RRS, Rutgers Univ., 2014 (13 Interviews – 11 taped)
Dean Robert Goodman - Rutgers University, E. J. Bloustein School – RRS, Rutgers
Jeanne Herb – Rutgers, E. J. Bloustein School, Environmental Analysis Committee – RRS, Rutgers
Ken Klipstein - NJ Water Supply Authority, Director; formerly NJ DEP (Trenton NJ) – RRS, Rutgers
Stephanie Dalke - Pinchot Institute for Conservation, Grey Towers – RRS, Rutgers
Michael Catania - Duke Farms Foundation, Director – RRS, Rutgers
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Anne Easely - Conservation Resource Inc., Wildlife Habitat – RRS, Rutgers
Dr. Beth Ravit – Center for Urban Environmental Sustainability, Founding Director – RRS, Rutgers
Elisabeth Schuster - The Nature Conservancy, Environmental Economist – RRS, Rutgers
John Miller – Princeton Hydro, Flood Plain & Storm-water Manager (Ringoes NJ) – RRS, Rutgers
Gerald Kauffman – Department of Water Resources Agency – RRS, Rutgers
Ben Spinelli - Highlands Commission, The Conservation Fund – RRS, Rutgers
Julie Ulrich – The Nature Conservancy, Urban Strategies – RRS, Rutgers
Dr. Nina Chen – The Nature Conservancy, former Banker – RRS, Rutgers
Peters Brook, Upper & Lower Raritan River, Raritan Bay 2015 (2 Interviews – 0 taped)
Debbie Mans – NY/NJ Baykeeper, Executive Director - Keyport NJ
William Schultz – Raritan Riverkeeper - Raritan Bay
7th Raritan River Symposium: RRS, Rutgers Univ., 2015 (12 Interviews – 0 taped)
Clyde MacKenzie - Author (Fisheries of the Raritan Bay) – RRS, Rutgers
Orion Weldon – Videographer (“Saving American Shad on the Raritan River”) – RRS, Rutgers
Bill Wallace - College of Staten Island, Biology Professor – RRS, Rutgers
James Rokosny - Raritan River Week, Founde – RRS, Rutgers
Barry Rosengarden – Rosengarden Realty (Perth Amboy) – RRS, Rutgers
Bill Schultz – Raritan Riverkeeper – RRS, Rutgers
Dr. Beth Ravit - Rutgers University, CUES Co-Director – RRS, Rutgers
Rob Pirani – New York / New Jersey Harbor & Estuary Program, Director – RRS, Rutgers
Steven Handel – Rutgers University, Plant Ecologist – RRS, Rutgers
Dr. Judith Weis – Rutgers University, Department of Biological Sciences, Author – RRS, Rutgers
Steven Mars - US Fish and Wildlife Service, Senior Biologist – RRS, Rutgers
Peter Weppler – US Army Corps of Engineers, Environmental Analysis, Chief – RRS, Rutgers
NY/ NJ Harbor & Estuary Program: USGS Commission, 2016 (4 Interviews – 4 taped)
William Schultz – Raritan Riverkeeper – Raritan Bay & Shrewsbury River- Keyport NJ
Meredith Comi - NY/NJ Baykeeper, Restoration Program Director - Keyport NJ
Debbie Mans - NY/NJ Baykeeper, Executive Director – Keyport NJ
Joe Reynolds – Bayshore Regional Council, Director – Keyport NJ
Raritan River Basin, 2017 (3 Interviews – 2 taped)
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Dr. Judith Shaw – Watershed Policy Coordinator. Ohio – New York City
Joseph Sapia - Master Gardener – Helmetta Pinelands NJ
Dr. Alan Rice – American Museum of Natural History, Geologist – New York City
9th Raritan River Symposium: RRS, Rutgers Univ., 2017 (25 Interviews – 20 taped)
Dr. Rick Lathrop – Rutgers University, SEBS, Professor – RRS, Rutgers
Sara Malone - Sustainable River Initiative, Facilitator; Rutgers, E. J. Bloustein School, Professor – RRS, Rutgers
Kimberly Cenno - NJ DEP, Bureau Chief – RRS, Rutgers
Annie Hindenlang - Neighborhood Planning and Redevelopment, Director – RRS, Rutgers
Andrew Johnson – William Penn Foundation, Program Dir., Watershed Protection Prog., Mgr. – RRS, Rutgers
Joe Sapia – Author, resident in Raritan Basin’s Pine Barrens Outlier (Helmetta NJ) – RRS, Rutgers
Jeanne Herb - Rutgers, E.J. Bloustein School, Environmental Analysis& Communications Group – RRS, Rutgers
Cindy Ehrenclou – Raritan Headwaters Association, Executive Director – RRS, Rutgers
Michael Catania – Duke Farm Foundation, Exec. Director – RRS, Rutgers
Daniel Mayer – Duke Farms, Land Steward – RRS, Rutgers
Mike Stepowyj – Meadowlands Environment Research Institute – RRS, Rutgers
Mara Tippett – Raritan Headwaters Association, Well Tester – RRS, Rutgers
Dr. Jay Kelly – Raritan Valley Community College, Biology & Environmental Science – RRS, Rutgers
Heather Fenyk - Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership, Executive Director – RRS, Rutgers
John Rosendale – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – RRS, Rutgers
Daniel Mayer, Duke Farms Foundation, Land Steward – RRS, Rutgers
Debbie Mans – NY/NJ Baykeeper – RRS, Rutgers
Dr. Dan Van Abs – Rutgers, SEBS, Human Ecology – RRS, Rutgers
Isabelle Stinnett – NY-NJ Harbor & Estuary Program, Habitat Restoration – RRS, Rutgers
Elizabeth Schuster – The Nature Conservancy of NJ, Environmental Economist – RRS, Rutgers
Jim Waltman – Stoney-Brook and Millstone Watershed Association, Director – RRS, Rutgers
Linda Weber – Sustainable Jersey – RRS, Rutgers
Dr. Chris Obropta – Rutgers University, SEBS & Rutgers Agricultural Coop Extension – RRS, Rutgers
Meredith Comi – NY-NJ Baykeeper, Restoration Program Director – RRS, Rutgers
Joeseph Reynolds – Bayshore Watershed Council & Monmouth Co Parks – RRS, Rutgers
Williams Pipeline Meeting, 2017 (8 Interviews – 5 taped)
Debbie Mans – NY/NJ Baykeeper - Keyport NJ
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Barbara Cuthbert – Franklin Township Resident - Keyport NJ
Junior Romero – Food and Water Watch - Keyport NJ
Patty Cronheim – ReThink Energy - Keyport NJ
Curt Norgaard - Pediatrician - Keyport NJ
Dr. Dan Van Abs – Rutgers University, SEBS, Human Ecology - Keyport NJ
Heather Fenyk – Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership, Director - Keyport NJ
Meredith Comi – NY/NJ Baykeeper, Restoration Director – Keyport NJ
NJ Conservation Fund, “Keep Farmers Farming,” 2017 (4 Interviews – 0 taped)
Bill Hlubik – Rutgers University, Agricultural Co-operative Extension, Professor - New Brunswick NJ
Holly Rippon-Butler – National Young Farmers Coalition – Hudson NJ
John Gilbert – Center for Rural Preservation, Bedminster NJ
Benneth Phelps - Dirt Capital Partners - New England, New York and New Jersey
10th Raritan River Symposium: RRS, Rutgers Univ., 2018 (9 Interviews – 8 taped)
Dean Goodman - Dean, Rutgers University – RRS, Rutgers
Dr. Michael Greenberg – Rutgers University, E. J. Bloustein School, Dean – RRS, Rutgers
Debbie Mans - NJ Department of Environmental Protection, Chair – RRS, Rutgers
Michael Pisauro – The Watershed Institute (Princeton NJ) – RRS, Rutgers
Johnny Quispe –Rutgers University, SEBS - New Brunswick NJ
Angela Gorczyca – NJ Water Supply Authority – RRS, Rutgers
Nick Zemlachenko – NJ Water Supply Authority – RRS, Rutgers
Anthony Vastano –Rutgers University, SEBS – RRS, Rutgers
Joe Mish – Photographer and Naturalist– RRS, Rutgers
NILE RIVER BASIN / 4 Expeditions
(37 Interviews – 17 Taped)
Blue Nile, Ewaso, 2005 (2 Interviews – 0 taped)
Assefa Aleya – Travel Ethiopia Guide; Historian – Addis Ababa
Habte Yitbarek – Regional Tourist Guide – Lalibela
Ethiopia - Blue Nile River Basin Expedition, 2007 (9 Interviews – 5 taped)
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Million Alemayehu - Nile Basin Initiative Relief & Development for Amhara – Addis Ababa
Meseret Kifle - Save the Children - Sudan – Addis Ababa
Mark Chapman – TEFSLA Tourism, Chairman – Addis Ababa
Abdullah Bagersh – Bagersh Coffee, General Manager - Addis Ababa
Dr. Richard Pankhurst - Historian & Author on Ethiopia - Addis Ababa
Memberu Allebachew - Nile Basin Initiative, Transboundary Environmental Action – Addis Ababa
Dr. Tadesse – CARE, Water Task Force – Addis Ababa
Assefa Aleya – Travel Ethiopia Guide; Historian – Addis Ababa
Habte Yitbarek – Regional Tourist Guide – Lalibela
Ethiopia - Blue Nile Interviews, 2008 (13 Interviews- 12 taped)
Dean Abebe Sine - Water Technology Institute, Addis Ababa University, Dean - Arba Minch
Dr. Semu Ayalew – Water Technology Institute, Addis Ababa University - Arba Minch
Dereje Tesfahun – Water Technology Institute, Addis Ababa University - Arba Minch
Abebe Demissie - Water Technology Institute, Addis Ababa University - Arba Minch
Amrach Behailu - Water Technology Institute, Irrigation Dept, Addis Ababa University - Arba Minch
Ficado Fetene – Water Technology Institute, Hydrolics, Addis Ababa University - Arba Minch
Fickre Assefa – Water Technology Institute, Biogas & Sanitation Project, Addis Ababa University - Arba Minch
Ayele Rosa –Biogas Production - Arba Minch
Wudneh Ayele - Water Technology Institute, Sanitation, Addis Ababa University - Arba Minch
Dr Semu Moges – Water Technology Institute, Graduate Studies, Dean, Addis Ababa University - Arba Minch
Negash Wagesho Amencho – Water Technology Institute, Irrigation Engineering, Chair - Arba Minch
Ian Stevenson – African Parks, Omo National Park, Manager – Arba Minch
Rea Tschopp – Armauer Hansen Research Institute & Swiss Tropical Institute, Veterinarian – Addis Ababa
Uganda - White Nile Expedition, 2010 (13 Interviews, plus 25 in 2 groups – 0 taped)
Frank Muramuzi – NAPE (National Associate Professional Environmentalists), Executive Director – Entebbe
Robert Kugonza – NAPE (National Associate Professional Environmentalists) & African Rivers Network - Entebbe
Betty Obbo – NAPE (National Associate Professional Environmentalists), Information and Publications - Entebbe
Geoffrey Kamese – NAPE (National Associate Professional Environmentalists) – Entebbe
Professor Oweyegha-Afunaduula - NAPE (National Association Professional Environmentalists) – Entebbe
George Wasonga – Lake Victoria Region Local Authorities Cooperation – Entebbe
Rafiki Nsabimana – Entebbe Botanical Gardens, Guide – Entebbe
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Moses Masiko – Entebbe Botanical Gardens, Visitor - Entebbe
Ben Musisi - Classic Africa, Uganda Tourist Guide, Entebbe
Caleb Kabahweza – Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Trekking Porter – Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
Gad Kanyangyeyo - Bwindi National Park, Gorilla & Rainforest Guide - Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
Faustino - Kidepo National Park, Karamajong Chief - Karamoja
Robert Toro –NAPE (National Assoc. of Professional Environmentalists) & ECOVIC, Community >iaison - Jinga
[Plus, 25 Community Residents - 15 in Naminya (near Jinga) and 10 in Malindia, including Grace Galiwango
(Elected Sub-County Speaker), teachers, farmers, fishermen]
OMO RIVER BASIN / 7 Expeditions
(42 Interviews – 17 Taped)
Lake Turkana, Central I., Koobi Fora Expedition - Kenya, 2003 (1 Interview - 0 taped)
Halewijn Scheuerman - Jade Sea Journeys Owner, Explorer, Anthropologist – Lake Turkana, Kenya
Omo Valley, L Turkana, Kalacha Oasis – Ethiopia & Kenya, 2005 (1 Interview - 0 taped)
Halewijn Scheuerman - Jade Sea Journeys Owner, Explorer, Anthropologist - Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia
Lower Omo River Basin in Flood Expedition - Ethiopia, 2007 (4 Interviews - 4 taped)
Halewijn Scheuerman - Jade Sea Journeys Owner, Explorer, Anthropologist - Lower Omo Valley
Samarit Mattanovich - Travel Ethiopia, Co-owner - Addis Ababa
Thomas Mattanovich – African Explorer, Travel Ethiopia, Co-owner – Addis Ababa
Tschome Lemma – CARE, Omo River Program Manager – Addis Ababa
Lower Omo River in Harvest Expedition - Ethiopia, 2008 (2 Interviews - 0 taped)
Kuna - Hamar Woman, Tourism Assistant - Lumale
Dimeka – Hamar Woman; Farmer - Turmi
ORB Interviews in Nairobi - Kenya, 2012 (6 Interviews - 2 taped)
Sean Avery – Oxford University, Water Resource Associates Ltd. - Nairobi
Joyce Scheuerman Chianda – Jade Sea Journeys, Manager - Lairobi
Nigel Pavitt - Kenyan Author, Historian, Photographer – Nairobi
Dr. Dino Martins – Turkana Basin Institute, entomologist – Nairobi
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Rupert Watson – former Mara Conservancy Lawyer; Naturalist, Author and Fisherman – Nairobi
Louise Leakey – Turkana Basin Institute, Paleo-archeologist – Nairobi
Lake Turkana Expedition, Kenya, 2013 (26 Interviews – 10 taped)
Kim Edmunds - Film Editor, Safari Guide -Nairobi
Patricia Robertson - former Turkana Resident and Safari Guide – Nairobi
James Robertson- Ker & Downey Safaris, Chairman; Conservationist - Nairobi, Kenya
Dr. Julia Church - Marine Biologist – Nairobi
Nigel Pavitt - Kenyan Author, Historian, Photographer – Nairobi
Tim Tucker – Kenya Safari Guide – Nairobi
Nick Blundell Brown - African Medical & Research Foundation [AMREF], Editor – Nairobi
Rupert Watson – former Mara Conservancy Lawyer; Naturalist, Author and Fisherman – Nairobi
Rolf Gloor – CABESI, Project Leader & Biologist - Kapenguria
Agnetta Jeptoo - Maraquet College, Graduate - Kapenguria
Sylvia Melcase – CABESI Staff - Kapenguria
Paul Losute – CABESI, Assistant Project Leader - Kapenguria
Mercy Kiyapyap – CABESI, Assistant Project Director - Kapenguria
Billy Kapua – Friends of Lake Turkana, Assistantt Program Leader - Lodwar
David Aleri –Turkwel Village, Chief – Lodwar
Helen Amanikor - Turkana Shopkeeper – Kalokol
Leah Akaru – Women Depending on Fishing, Member – Kalokol
James Wamwara - Kenya Wildlife Service Guard – Central Island of Lake Turkana
Peter Marak - BGP Seismic Exploration - Eliye Springs
Nakala Korobe - Turkana Youth – Eliye Springs
Paul Eragae – Resident – Kenya Oil
Mary Ainong – Resident – Kenya Oil
Ikal Angelei - Friends of Lake Turkana, Chair - Lodwar
Rupert Watson – former Mara Conservancy Lawyer; Naturalist, Author and Fisherman – Nairobi
Solomon Adegu - Turkana Guide - Eliye Springs
Charles Ekai - Eliye Springs Branch Management Unit, Chairman – Eliye Springs
Lake Turkana Expedition, 2018 (2 Interviews - 1 taped)
Njoka Chianda – Geologist – Lake Turkana
Joyce Chianda Scheuerman – Jade Sea Journeys & Lobolo Camp, Owner - Lake Turkana
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MARA RIVER BASIN / 8 Expeditions
(158 Interviews – 40 Taped)
Mau Forest to L Victoria Expedition, 2009 (37 Interviews - 19 taped)
Tari Wako – Ker & Downey, Driver Guide – Nairobi, Kenya
Nigel Pavitt – Mara Conservancy, Chair; Author, Photographer - Nairobi, Kenya
James Robertson - Ker & Downey Safaris, Chairman; Conservationist - Nairobi, Kenya
Andrew Nightingale - Film-maker, Mau Forest Farmer & Conservationist – Njoro, Kenya
Jacob Mwanduka - Friends of the Mau Forest [FOMAWA] - Njoro, Kenya
Peter White – Charter Pilot - Njoro, Kenya
Martin Gathoga - Small-scale Farmer – Elburgon, Kenya
Rose Kipsiget - Ogiek-Mariashoni Primary School, Headmistress – Mariashoni, Kenya
Joseph Lokorio - Ogiek-Mariashoni Primary School Teacher – Mariashoni, Kenya
Frederick Chege Wdogo – Kiratu Sawmill, Director - Elburgon, Kenya
Simon C. Ngugi – Kiratu Sawmill, Manager - Elburgon, Kenya
Tarquin Wood - Commercial Wheat Farmer & Conservationist - Olerai, Kenya
Johnstone Kimojino - Emarti Primary School, Director - Olerai, Kenya
Hugo Wood - Mara River Water Users Assoc. Founder; Commercial Farmer - Mulot, Kenya
Ron Beaton –Koyaki Wilderness Guiding School, Founder; Conservationist – Olare Orok, Kenya
Wilson Naitoi – Maasai Park Ranger; Koyaki Wilderness Guiding School, graduate– Mara Conservancy, Kenya
Brian Heath - Mara Conservancy, CEO – Serena, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Amanda Barrett – Disney Films, Documentary Film Editor - Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Owen Newman – Disney Films, Documentary Film-maker - Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Amanda Subalusky – GLOWS hydrologist – Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Chris Dutton - GLOWS hydrologist – Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Jackson Looseyia - Rekero Camp, Co-owner, Wildlife Guide – Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Joash Romeo - Driver/guide – Musoma, Tanzania
Katherine Walker - Angel House Orphanage, Manager – Tarime, Tanzania
Eranga Alois – Lake Victoria Fisherman – Musoma, Tanzania
Juma Malima– Lake Victoria Fisherman – Musoma, Tanzania
Samson Gesase – Lake Victoria Co-operative Farmer – Musoma, Tanzania
Charles Kaare - Nyarusurya Fish Market and BMU, Chair – Musoma, Tanzania
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Abdallah Maiga – Nyarusurya Fish Market and BMU, Secretary – Musoma, Tanzania
Bjorn Horath – Swedish Cooperative Center, L. Victoria Development Program, Manager – Musoma, Tanzania
William Kasanga – World Wildlife Fund, Mara River Program, Project Executive – Musoma, Tanzania
Joseph Terer – NELSAP/ Mara River Basin, Project Manager – Musoma, Tanzania
William Deed – Mara Conservancy, Assistant to CEO – Maasai Mara National Reserve
Jeffrey Gettleman - New York Times, East Africa Bureau Chief – Nairobi
Martin Forster - Mara Conservancy Board, Chairman – Nairobi
Michael Wamithi – Kenya Wildlife Trust, CEO; former Kenya Wildlife Service, Chairman – Nairobi
Christian Lambrechts – UNEP’s Mau Forest Task Force, Director - Nairobi
Mara Conservancy Expedition, Kenya, 2010 (13 Interviews - 0 taped)
James Robertson - Chairman - Ker & Downey Safaris; Conservationist - Nairobi, Kenya
Daphne Sheldrick – Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, FoundingDirector – Nairobi, Kenya
Kim Edmunds – Film Editor and Wildlife Guide – Nairobi Kenya
Will Deed – Mara Conservancy, Assistant to CEO – Maasai Mara National Reserve
Amanda Barrett – Disney Films, Documentary Film Editor - Maasai Mara National Reserve
Owen Newman – Disney Films, Documentary Film-maker - Maasai Mara National Reserve
Amanda Subulasky– GLOWS, Hydrologist – Maasai Mara National Reserve
Chris Dutton – GLOWS, Hydrologist – Maasai Mara National Reserve
Martin Forster - CMC Motors, Chair; Mara Conservancy Board, Chair – Nairobi
Allan Earnshaw - Mau Forest Private Sector Committee, Chair; Kenya Wildlife Trust, Chair - Nairobi
Mike Rainy –Amboseli National Park, Ol Kanjau Camp, Co-owner – Kajiado
Judy Rainy –Amboseli National Park, Ol Kanjau Camp. Co-owner – Kajiado
Robert Marai –Mara Conservancy, Maasai Ranger – Maasai Mara National Reserve
Mau Forest Expedition, Kenya, 2012 (15 Interviews – 3 taped)
Andrew Nightingale - Film-maker, Mau Forest Farmer & Conservationist – Njoro
Jacob Mwanduka – FOMAWA [Friends of Mau Forest} - Njoro
Alfred Obari – Small-scale Farmer - Southwestern Mau Forest
David Cherruiyot - Siano Primary Teacher– Siano, Mau Forest
Joseph Koech - Siano Primary Teacher– Siano, Mau Forest
Peter McCarter - Kenya Forest Conservation Project, Historian of Ogiek Tribe – Njoro
Anthony Siete – Ogiek with FOMAWA – Mau Forest
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Cindy Voorspuy - Deloraine Farm, Owner – Njoro
3 Deloraine Farm Rangers - Njoro
Tony Church – Safaris Unlimited, Owner; Emburu Forest, Resident – Nairobi
Ian Robertson – Kisimu Farm, Former Manager – Portugal
Rupert Watson – former Mara Conservancy Lawyer; Naturalist, Author and Fisherman – Nairobi
Colin Church - Rhino Ark, Chairman – Nairobi
Mara Conservancy / Rekero Expedition, Kenya, 2012 (18 Interviews - 0 taped)
Allan Earnshaw - Mau Forest Private Sector Committee, Chair; Ker & Downey Chair - Nairobi
Nigel Pavitt – Former Mara Conservancy Chair, Author (Turkana, et al) & Photographer – Nairobi
Pat Awori - Kenya Wildlife Service [KWS], Board Member – Nairobi
Asuka Takita – Mara Conservancy, Veterinarian – Maasai Mara National Reserve
Johnny Baxendale - Safari guide, Conservationist – Nairobi
Dame Daphne Sheldrick - David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, Chair – Nairobi
Michael Wamithi, Kenya Wildlife Service [KWS], former Director; Kenya Wildlife Trust, Director - Nairobi
Martin Forster - CMC Motors, Chair; Mara Conservancy Board, Chair – Nairobi
Mike Rainy – Amboseli National Park, Ol Kanjau Camp, Co-owner – Nairobi
Judy Rainy – Amboseli National Park, Ol Kanjau Camp. Co-owner – Nairobi
Brian Heath - Mara Conservancy, CEO – Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Jackson Looseyia – Koiyaki Wilderness School, Co-founder, Asilia, Camp Mg.r– Maasai Mara National Reserve
Adam Steiner – UNEP, Executive Director- UNEP World Headquarters
Kuki Gallman - Global Peace Initiative for Women, Chair - UNEP World Headquarters
Corneille Ewango –Global Peace Initiative for Women, Botanist & Ecologist - UNEP World Headquarters
Bhante Buddharakita - Global Peace Initiative for Women, Ugandan speaker - UNEP World Headquarters
Joan Chittister -Global Peace Initiative for Women, Speaker - UNEP World Headquarters
Sraddhalu Ranad - Global Peace Initiative for Women, Speaker - UNEP World Headquarters
MaRB Interviews in Nairobi, 2013 (4 Interviews - 4 taped)
Paul Adino – Gardener – Nairobi
Colin Church - Rhino Ark, Chairman – Nairobi
Dr. Abigail Church - Geologist – Nairobi
Christian Lambrechts – UNEP; Mau Forest Task Force, Director – Nairobi
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Mara Conservancy Expedition, 2015 (11 Interviews - 3 taped)
Nigel Pavitt - Mara Conservancy Board, Former Chair; Author (Ethiopia’s Churches, et al) - Nairobi
Allan Earnshaw – Kenya Wildlife Trust, Director – Nairobi
Brian Heath – Mara Conservancy, CEO - Maasai Mara National Reserve
Paul – Serena Hotel, Manager - Maasai Mara National Reserve
Wilson Naitoi – Angama Lodge, Wilderness Guide - Maasai Mara National Reserve
Daniel Ole Nalepu – Maasai Guide - Mara Conservancy
Emmanuel Ngatuny Kishoyian – Mara Serena Lodge Driver/Guide – Mara Conservancy, Serena
Amanda Subalasky - GLOWS Hydrologist – Mara Conservancy, Serena, Kenya
Chris Dutton - GLOWS Hydrologist – Mara Conservancy, Serena, Kenya
Rupert Watson – former Mara Conservancy Lawyer; Naturalist, Author and Fisherman – Nairobi
Colin Church – Rhino Ark, Chairman – Nairobi
Mau Forest - Kickstart Agriculture Expedition, Kenya, 2016 (16 Interviews - 0 taped)
John Kihia – Kickstart International, Kenyan Director - Nairobi
Judy Heljeberg – Kickstart International, Fundraiser and Marketing Manager - Nairobi
Njeri Mbugua – Kickstart International, Office Manager - Nairobi
Anne Kosciei – Kickstart, Rift Valley, Manager - Nairobi
Mary Wangari – Kickstart, small-scale Kikuyu farmer - Mai Mahiu
Elijah Kimenia – former Nairobi City Council Employee, Kikuyu Farmer – Mai Mahiu
Lydiah Wangari - Kikuyu Farmer – Mai Mahiu
Peter Kihui Mindu – Cabbage Farmer – Dondori
Grace W. Wacira – Cabbage Farmer – Dondori
Penina W. Kihiu – Cabbage Farmer – Dondori
David Ndungu - Farmer - Saba Saba
Nathan Langat – Kalanjin Farmer - Slopes of SE Mau Forest above Nakuru
Jane Langat - Kalanjin Farmer - Slopes of SE Mau Forest above Nakuru
Rupert Watson – former Mara Conservancy Lawyer; Naturalist, Author and Fisherman – Nairobi
Nigel Pavitt – Mara Conservancy Board, Former Chairman; Author (Ethiopia’s Churches, et al) - Nairobi
Allan Earnshaw – Kenya Wildlife Trust, Chairman – Nairobi
Mara Conservancy - Kenya, 2018 (44 Interviews – 11 taped)
Ken Coe – The Nature Conservancy, Board Member; Photographer – Connecticut, USA
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James Robertson – Mara Conservancy, Board Member; Ker & Downey, Chairman - Nairobi
Mike Prettejohn – Bongo Surveillance Project, Director – Sangare Hills, Nyeri
Jessica and Henry Henley – Sangare Conservancy Residents, Tourist Guide – Sangare Conservancy
Dr. Malte Sommerlatte – Ragati Conservancy, Co-Director; Forester – Naro Moru
Brenden Hill – Ragati Conservancy, Co-Director – Nanyuki
Christian Lambrechts – Rhino Ark, Chairman –- Nairobi
Peter Munge Kareoke – Mau Forest Ranger & Bongo Tracker – Sangare Conservancy
Paul Karanga – Taxi Driver - Nyeri
Kuki Gallman – Conservationist, Author (I Dreamed of Africa) – Nairobi
Angus Douglas-Hamilton – Sakata East Africa, GMO Seed Distribution - Nairobi
Brian Heath – Maasai Mara National Reserve, Chairman – Mara Conservancy
Albert Beggs - Mara Conservancy, Tourist Warden – Mara Conservancy
Sue Stolberg – Conservationist, Author (An Intimate View of Ruaha National Park) – Nairobi
Rob Glen – Sculptor; Ruaha National Park, Resident – Ruaha NP, Tanzania
Nick Lapham – Kenya Wildlife Trust Board, Member – Nairobi
Tim Tucker – Kenya Safari Guide – Nairobi
Nick Blundell Brown - African Medical & Research Foundation [AMREF], Editor – Nairobi
Chris Flatt – Bush Homes, Director – Nairobi
Allan Earnshaw – Kenya Wildlife Trust, Chairman – Nairobi
Steve Turner – Origins Travel Company, Owner; Ethiopia and Central African Guide - Nairobi
Meyasi Mollel – Serengeti Preservation Foundation, Chairman, Tanzanian Maasai – Nairobi
Irene Amoke – Kenya Wildlife Trust – Nairobi
Lena Munge – Narok County Council, Elected Representative; former Banker - Nairobi
Stephen Katua - National Environmental Management Authority [NEMA] – Nairobi
Daniel Sopia – Kenya Wildlife Trust - Nairobi
Gordon Mumbo – Sustainable Water Partnership – Nairobi
Colin Apse – The Nature Conservancy, East Africa Science Department – Nairobi
Fred Kihara – The Nature Conservancy – Nairobi
Julius Kamau – East African Wildlife Society, Executive Director – Nairobi
Nigel Hunter – East African Wildlife Society, Former Chairman, Soysambu Conservancy – Nairobi
William Ojwang’ – World Wildlife Foundation – Nairobi
Polycarp Ngoje - Sustainable Watershed Partnership [SWP]– Maasai Mara
Ingrid deLoof – MAMASE / IHE-Delft, Director- Nairobi
Anne Lilande – MAMASE / IHE-Delft, Assistant Director - Nairobi
Delta Willis – Author (The Hominid Gang) & Swara Magazine, Editor – Nairobi
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Shadrack Cheriuyot – Professional Chef - Nairobi
Jane Nyambura – Caretaker - Nairobi
Joseph Ngau – Taxi Driver – Nairobi
Mr. Kamante – Driver Guide, Mara Conservancy – Maasai Mara National Reserve
Emmanuel Kishoyian – Serena Hotel, Driver-Guide – Mara Conservancy
Buzz Robertson – Commercial Farmer – Naivasha
Rebecca Summers – Mt Kenya Trust, Editor – Nairobi
SPOTLIGHTS
CA DROUGHT SPOTLIGHT / 6 Expeditions
69 Interviews – 68 Taped
#1: Delta; Sacramento & San Joaquin Basins, CA, Mar 2014 (4 Interviews - 4 taped)
Suzie Dawley – Colusa County Farm Bureau, Environmental Health Specialist – Colusa
Kent Johanns – Colusa County, Associate Planner - Colusa
Jeff Brown – Grape Farmer – Vernalis
Howard Berman – San Luis Reservoir, Dept Water Resources, Visitor Center Guide – Los Banos
#2: San Joaquin Valley, CA, Nov 2014 (11 Interviews - 10 taped)
Greg Morris – Photographer – Folsom
Kim Forrest - San Luis NWR, Manager – Los Banos
Norma Mastin - Central Valley Camera Club, Former Chair - Madera
Robert Silva – Mendota, Mayor – Mendota
Robert “Gerry” Hixson - Almond and Citrus Farmer – Reedley
Vaibhar Patel – Innkeeper – Reedley
Elvah, Beltran – Community Advisor - East Porterville
Fred Beltran – Water Distribution Site, Manager - East Porterville
Freddie Beltran – Water Distribution Site, Assistant Manager - East Porterville
Cheryl Perine - Water Distribution Site, Manager - East Porterville
#3: Mohave Desert & Colorado River, CA, Aug 2015 (0 Interviews)
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#4 Lake Cachuma, Coastal Estuaries, San Joaquin River, CA, March 2016 (0 Interviews)
#5: Coastal Estuaries & Sacramento Delta, CA / SEJ, Sept 2016 (33 Interviews - 33 taped)
Park Ranger – Sea Otter and Kelp Cycle, Specialist - Morro Bay
Chris Mailes – City of Santa Barbara Fire Department, Fire Fighter in Soberanes Fire – Big Sur
Governor Pat Brown – California Governor - SEJ, Sacramento
Brett Walton – Journalist & Moderator - SEJ, Sacramento
Nadine Bailey – Family Water Alliance COO - SEJ, Sacramento
Newsha Ajamai - Stanford University, Director of Urban Water Policy - SEJ, Sacramento
Brian Stranko – The Nature Conservancy; CA Water Program. Director - SEJ, Sacramento
David Pettijohn – Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, Director of Water Resources - SEJ, Sacramento
Ellen Knickmeyer – AP Reporter; Clean Water Act, Moderator - SEJ, Sacramento
John Duarte – Northern CA Agricultural Nursery, Owner - SEJ, Sacramento
Jan Goldman-Carter – National Wildlife Federation - SEJ, Sacramento
Felicia Marcus - State Water Resources Control Board, Chair - SEJ, Sacramento
Joe Cotruvo - WHO & Berkeley consultant, USEPA, Water Division - SEJ, Sacramento
Tara Moran – Water in the West, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment - SEJ, Sacramento
Anthony O’Geen – U. C. Davis, Resources Specialist - SEJ, Sacramento
Erik Ringelberg – Sigma, Implementation - SEJ, Sacramento
Alvar Excriva-Bou - Public Policy Institute of California, Water Policy Center, Research - SEJ, Sacramento
Carson Jeffres - UC Davis, Center for Watershed Sciences, Researcher - SEJ, Nigiri Project
Peter Fimrit - San Francisco Chronicle, Staff writer - SEJ, Nigiri Project
Tom Henry – The Toledo Blade, Environmental Columnist – SEJ, Sacramento
Peter Glick - Pacific Institute, Co-founder - SEJ, Sacramento
Thomas Harder – UC Davis, Groundwater Expert - SEJ, Sacramento
Laurel Firestone – Community Water Center of CA - SEJ, Sacramento
Carson Jeffres – Center for Watershed Sciences, Fish Biologist - SEJ, Sacramento, Nigiri Project Tour
Doug Carlson – CA Department of Water Resources, Public Affairs Office - SEJ, Sacramento
Curt Schmuttie – USGS, Bay Delta System, former Specialist - SEJ, Tunnel & Delta Tour
Lauren Sommer - KQED, Science Reporter - SEJ, Tunnel & Delta Tour
Ryan Sabalow - The Sacramento Bee, Reporter - SEJ, Tunnel &, Delta Tour
Karla Nemath –CA Natural Resources Agency, Deputy Secretary for Water Policy - SEJ, Tunnel &Delta Tour
Jim - Delta Project at Banks Pumping Plant - SEJ, Sacramento, Tunnel & Delta Tour
Roger Patterson – Metropolitan Water District of SoCal, Assistant General Manager - SEJ, Tunnel & Delta Tour
Jay Lund - UC Davis, Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering - SEJ, Tunnel & Delta Tour
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Kate Poole - Natural Resources Defense Council Senior Attorney - SEJ, Tunnel & Delta Tour
#6 Sierra Mountains & San Joaquin River Basin, CA Oct 2017 (15 interviews – 15 taped)
Chad Hanson - John Muir Project, Research Ecologist - SEJ, Yosemite NP
Bill Snyder – Retired Forester - SEJ, Yosemite NP
Scott Gediman – Yosemite NPS – SEJ, Yosemite NP
Linda Mazzu - Yosemite - Chief of Resources Management & Science – SEJ, Yosemite NP
Joe Meyer - Resources Mgmt & Science Division, Physical Science, Landscape, Ecology – SEJ Yosemite NP
Gregor Schuurman – Yosemite NPS, Climate Change Adaptation Ecologist – SEJ Yosemite NP
Zach Bherens - NPS Sequoia & Kings Canyon, Public Affairs - SEJ Kings Canyon, Halstead Meadow
Nate Stephenson - USGS, Research Ecologist - SEJ, Kings Canyon NP
Koren Nydick - Park Service Science Coordinator, Ecologist - SEJ, Kings Canyon NP
Adrian Dass – USGS, Ecologist - SEJ, Kings Canyon NP
Erik Frenzel - Ecologist for Vegetation Management – SEJ, Sequoia NP
Matt Fagan - Sequoia National Park Service - SEJ, Sequoia NP
Howard Berman - San Luis Reservoir, Romero Overlook Visitor Center, Guide - Los Banos CA
David Favrholdt – Part-time Resident - Porterville CA
Matt Murphy – USACE Senior Park Ranger – Lake Kaweah Dam, Lemon Cove CA
#7 Santa Barbara County, CA, 2018 (6 Interviews – 6 taped)
Marco Farrell – Free-lance Reporter, Resident in Montecito Fire-Mudslide, Photographer - Santa Barbara
Dr. Thomas Dunne – UCSB, Bren School, Geomorphologist & Hydrologist - Santa Barbara
Rep. Salud Carbajal – CA-24 District Congressional Representative - Santa Barbara County
Eric Peterson - Santa Barbara County Fire Chief - Santa Barbara County
Tom Fayram - Santa Barbara County Water Resources, Deputy Director - Santa Barbara County
Nic Elmquist --Los Padres NFS Warden, Forest Fuels Officer – Santa Barbara County
[Plus, Commentary from 10 Montecito Residents, 10 Santa Barbara Residents, 3 Out of Town Visitors]
GREATER AMBOSELI SPOTLIGHT / 2 Expeditions
(4 Interviews - 0 taped)
THE CHUYLUS & AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK, 2012 (2 interviews - 1 taped)
Jeremy Goss – Big Life; Ol Donya Wass, Manager – The Chuylus / Greater Amboseli Region, Kenya
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Jonathan Konee - Ol Donya Wass, Driver-Guide – The Chuylus / Greater Amboseli Region, Kenya
AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK, 2015 (2 interviews - 0 taped)
Tari Wako –Amboseli National Park, Driver Guide – Greater Amboseli Region
Leyian – Amboseli National Park, Tortilis Camp Maasai Tour Guide – Greater Amboseli Region
N. INDIA SPOTLIGHT / 1 Expedition
(3 Interviews – 0 Taped)
RAJASTHAN & The GANGES RIVER BASIN, 2017 (3 Interviews - 0 taped)
Pradaman Singh – Chandeleo Garh, Owner - Jodphur District, Rajasthan
Archana Kumar - Travel Guide, Photographer – New Delhi
Avinash Singh Nathawat – Government-certified Guide – New Delhi
NON-EXPEDITION INTERVIEWS
(33 Interviews – 4 Taped)
SIWI Seminar [Swedish Int’l Water Institute], Wash. D.C., 2007 (14 Interviews - 0 taped)
Gunnar Lund – Swedish Ambassador – Washington D.C.
Dr. Dobranski - Swedish Secretary of Trade and Development – Washington D.C.
Anders Berntell – SIWI, Executive Director – Washington D.C.
Sunita Narain – India Centre for Science and Environment – Washington D.C.
Cecilia Ugaz - Human Development Report Office, Deputy Director – Washington D.C.
Dr. Roberto Lenton – Earth Institute, Senior Advisor – Washington D.C.
Dr. Ashbindu Singh – UNEP Early Warning & Assessment/N. America, Coordinator – Washington D.C.
Andrew Hudson – UNDP, Water Governance, International Waters Technical Advisor – Washington D.C.
Madeleine Hagg-Liljestrom – SIDA, World Bank and IMF, Advisor – Washington D.C.
Hilary Benn – DFiD, Global Initiatives – Washington D.C.
Usha Rao-Monari – International Finance Corporation, Infrastructure Department, Manager – Washington D.C.
Deane Dray – Goldman Sachs, Stock Analyst – Washington D.C.
Bjorn von Euler – ITT Corporation, Corporate Communications, Director – Washington D.C.
Gavin Power – UN Global Compact – Washington D.C.
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Transparency International, United Nations NYC, 2008 (7 Interviews - 0 taped)
Hugette Labell – Transparency International, Chair – New York City
Joseph Treaster – University of Miami, School of Engineering, “One Water “(film) – New York City
Kathy Shandly – International Private Water Association – New York City
Sarah Dachelle – Water Aid – New York City
Jean-Michel Devernay – Hydro-engineer, France – New York City
Donal 0‘Leary – Transparency International, Berlin – New York City
Håk an Tropp – Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), Water Governance & Policy – New York City
The Nature Conservancy Panel at Cosmopolitan Club, 2009 (2 Interviews - 0 taped)
Robert Glennon - Author (Unquenchable) - New York City
George Schuler - The Nature Conservancy, Eastern New York – New York City
“Picturing Earth” Panel, 2009 (3 Interviews - 0 taped)
Frans Lanting – Nature Photographer, Filmmaker (LIFE: A Journey Through Time 2009) – NYC
Carl Zimmer - NY Times, Science Author (At the Water's Edge: Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs –Michael
Novcek – American Museum of Natural History, Paleontologist – NYC
Photo Expo, 2009 – NYC Javits Center (1 Interview - 0 taped)
Phil Borges – Documentary Film-Maker (“Capturing Ice”), Conservation Photographer – NYC
Wilderness Act Conference, Alberquerque NM, 2014 (5 Interviews – 3 taped)
Amy Gulik – Conservation Photographer, Author (Salmon in Trees) – Seattle WA
Boyd Norton - Conservation Photographer & Author (Conservation Photography Handbook) – Golden CO
Cathy Hart – Conservationist - Alaska
Bob Barron –Fulcrum Press, Publisher - Colorado
Michael Novcek – American Museum of Natural History, Paleontologist – NYC
Lowell Thomas Dinner – Explorers Club, 2017 (1 Interview -- 1 taped)
Laly Lichtenfeld – African People and Wildlife, Executive Director –Tanzania