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Natural Resources, Land Use, and the Environment - Individual Interviews
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Interviews
- A.E. Wieslander: California Forester: Mapper of Wildland Vegetation and Soils
- Anne Halsted:A Leading Community Advocate
- Arthur Littleworth: Water Law Attorney and Riverside Civic Leader
- Arthur Ringland: Conserving Human and Natural Resources
- August Fruge: A Publishers Career with the University of California Press
- Barry Nelson: The Passage of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, 1991-1992: Executive Director, Save San Francisco Bay Association
- Bertram K. Dunshee: Land Planning in Marin County
- Bruce Howard: Board Member, President, Councillor of Save-the-Redwoods League, 1963-2003
- California Women in Botany
- Carl Anthony: The Civil Rights Movement and the Expanding Boundaries of Environmental Justice in the Bay Area, 1960-1999
- Charles Franklin Lambert: Land Speculation and Irrigation Development in the Sacramento Valley, 1905-1957
- Charles Gunn Dunwoody: Interview
- Chester G. Gillespie: Origins and Early years of The Bureau of Sanitary Engineering
- Christopher Granger: Forest Management in the US Forest Service
- Comments on Conservation 1900-1960
- Conservation and Politics
- Crown Zellerbach: Timber, Technology, and Corporate Development in the Pacific Northwest, 1920-1965
- Cruising and Protecting the Redwoods of Humboldt
- Daniel Beard: Passage of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act '91-'92: Role of George Miller
- David Pesonen: Attorney and Activist for the Environment 1962-1992; Opposing Nuclear Power at Bodega Bay and Point Arena, Managing California Forests and East Bay Regional Parks
- DeWitt Nelson: Management of Natural Resources in California, 1925-1966
- Development of the Naturalist Program in the National Park Service
- Donald S. Larson: On Schedule: recollections of a planning and scheduling manager at the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District
- Earl S. Peirce: Salvage Programs Following the 1938 Hurricane
- Earle Clapp: Three Glimpses of Earle Clapp
- Eddy Tree Breeding Station: Institute of Forest Genetics
- Edward C. Crafts: Congress and the Forest Service 1950-1962
- Edward Carman: Pacific Coast Nurseryman, Award-Winning Horticulturist, and Historian
- Edward Kotok: The USFS: Research, State Forestry and FAO
- Edwin Philip Pister: Preserving Native Fish and Their Ecosystems: A Pilgrim's Progress, 1950s-Present,
- Emanuel Fritz: Teacher, Editor, and Forestry Consultant
- Ernest A. Wente: Wine Making in the Livermore Valley
- Ernest W. Winther: Observations of San Francisco Bay for 1900-1971
- F. Owen Pearce: California Garden Societies and Horticultural Publications 1947-1990
- Floy N. Bracelin: The Ynes Mexia Botanical Collections
- Forest Service Issues and Legislation to 1951;The Making of a Regional Forester;Recollections of Gifford Pinchot
- Forest Taxation and Insurance 1926-1935
- Forestry Issues
- Forestry and Technology in Northern California
- Francis P. Farquhar: On Accountancy, Mountaineering, and the National Parks [Includes interviews with Ansel F. Hall, Yosemite National Park ranger;and Edward deWitt Taylor, San Francisco fine printer]
- Frank A. Johnson: Bus Doctor: From Mechanic to Maintenance Manager at the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District
- Frank Adams: Irrigation, Reclamation, and Water Administration
- George B. Hartzog: The National Parks, 1965
- George L. Collins: The Art and Politics of Park Planning and Preservation, 1920-1979
- George Ledyard Stebbins: The Life and Work of George Ledyard Stebbins, Jr. (Donated)
- George W. Waters: English Garden History, Western Gardening, and Creating and Editing Pacific Horticulture
- George Wilmarth Nickel, Jr.: Following the Cattle King: A Lifetime of Agriculture, Water Management, and Water Conservation in California's Central Valley
- Gerda Isenberg: California Native Plants Nurseryman, Civil Rights Activist, Humanitarian
- Harold Raines: Water Rights on the Mokelumne River and Legal Issues at the East Bay Municipal Utility District 1927-1966
- Harvey O. Banks: California Water Project 1955-1961
- Henry J. Vaux: Forestry in the Public Interest: Education, Economics, State Policy, 1933-1983.
- Herbert C. Jones: California Government and Public Issues
- History of Forest Economics, Josephson, Krueger, Vaux
- Janice Rivers Kittredge: Volunteer & Employment Careers: University of California, Berkeley: Save the SF Bay Association, 1964-1998
- Jason Peltier: The Passage of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, 1991-1992: Manager, Central Valley Project Water Association
- Jenny Fleming: Memories of the California Native Plant Society
- Joe Bodovitz: Founding Director of the Bay Conservation Development Commission and the California Coastal Commission
- Joel Hedgpeth: Marine Biologist and Environmentalist Pycnogonids, Progress and Preserving Bays, Salmon and other Living Things
- John B. Reilley: Water Rights and Legal Issues at the East Bay Municipal Utility District 1951-1983
- John D. Coffman: Forest Protection in the National Parks
- John W. Gregg: Landscape Architecture
- John Zorman, Jr.: Safety First: A Bus Driver's Story of the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District
- Joyce E. Burr: Memories of Years Preceding and During the Formation of the California Native Plant Society, 1947-1966
- June McCaskill: Herbarium Scientist, UC Davis
- Land Use Planning Volume III: Four Perspectives on State, Regional, and Local Mandates for Land-Use Planning, 1960-1982
- Lennie Roberts: Protecting San Mateo County Open Space
- Leo Isaac: Douglas Fir Research in the Pacific Northwest
- Leon F. Kneipp: Land Planning and Acquisitions, USFS
- Leonora Strohmaier: Memories of Years Preceding and During the Formation of the California Native Plant Society, 1955-1973 [Donated]
- Lester Rowntree: California Native Plant Woman
- Lewis H. Butler: A Life of Public Service: Ploughshares Fund, California Tomorrow, Health Policy, HEW, the Environment, the Peace Corps
- Louis Bartlett: Memoirs
- Loye Holmes Miller: The Interpretive Naturalist
- Luna B. Leopold: Hydrology, Geomorphology & Environmental Policy: US Geological Survey, 1950-1972, and UC Berkeley, 1972-1987
- Lurline Matson Roth: Matson and Roth Family History: A Love of Ships, Horses, and Gardens
- Management Technology in the U.S. Forest Service
- Margaret Barbree Rosenberg: San Bernardo Rancho and the Southern Salinas Valley, 1871-1981
- Marjorie Bridge Farquhar: Pioneer Sierra Climber, Conservationist and Photographer
- Martin Rosen: The Trust for Public Land Founding Member and President, 1972-1997, the Ethics and Practice of Land Conservation
- Maynard Amerine: The University of California and the State's Wine Industry
- Michael R. Peevey: An Entrepreneur in Business, Energy, Labor, and Politics
- Myrtle R. Wolf: Memories of Early Years and Development of the California Native Plant Society, 1966-1991
- Newton Bishop Drury: Parks and Redwoods 1919-1971 Volume I
- Newton Bishop Drury: Parks and Redwoods 1919-1971 Volume II
- Otis Reed Marston: Running the Colorado River
- Passage of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act 1991-1992
- Raymond Eugene Marsh: Correspondence, interviews and writings
- Raymond L. Watson: Planning and Developing the New Town of Irvine, California, 1960-2003;Irvine Company President, 1973-1977;Walt Disney Company Chairman, 1983-1984,
- Reba L. Gauer: Straight Run: 39 years driving a bus for the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District
- Recollections of John Muir
- Rexford S. Black: Private and State Forestry in California, 1917-1960
- Richard A. Wilson: Rancher, Conservationist, Director of the Department of Forestry: Toward a Working Landscape for California from Round Valley to the Redwood Forest
- Richard C. Trudeau: From Skyline to Seashore: 22 Years of Leadership, Land Acquisition, and Lobbying at the East Bay Regional Park District, 1964-1986
- Richard Golb: Passage of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act 1991-1992 - Role of John Seymour
- Robert E. Nisbet: From Private to Publicly Owned Transit in the Bay Area: Reflections of the Attorney, Lobbyist & General Manager of Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District, 1950s-1980s
- Robert H. Torheim: Management Technology in the U.S. Forest Service: Experimentation and Innovation in the Field, 1948-1979
- Robert Maddow: Water Supply, Water Rights, & Other Legal Issues at the East Bay Municipal Utility District, 1972-1993
- Ronald B. Robie: State Department of Water Resources 1975-1983
- Rupert Mason: Single-Tax Irrigation Districts and Municipal Bankruptcy
- Ruth Bancroft: The Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek, California: Creation in 1971 and Conservation
- Ruth Spangenberg: The Founding of the Committee for Green Foothills
- Sam R. Leedom: California Water Development
- Samuel Dana: The Development of Forestry in Government and Education
- Samuel Dana: The Development of Forestry: A Composite of Selections from Separate Interviews : transcripts, ca. 1960-1965
- Save San Francisco Bay Association, 1961-1986
- Saving Point Reyes National Seashore 1969-1970: An Oral History of Citizen Action in Conservation
- Sidney Twitchell Harding: A Life in the Western Water Development, Vol 1
- Sidney Twitchell Harding: A Life in the Western Water Development, Vol 2
- Stephen W. Downey: California Water
- Stuart Bevier Show: National Forests in California
- Stuart Somach: Passage of Central Valley Project Improvement Act 1991-1992: The Central Valley Project Water Association Perspective
- Sylvia McLaughlin: Citizen Activist for the Environment: Saving San Francisco Bay, Promoting Shoreline Parks and Natural Values in Urban and Campus Planning.
- Ted Smith: Pioneer Activist for Environmental Justice in Silicon Valley, 1967-2000
- The Baumberg Tract: from the Proposed Shorelands Development to the Wetlands Restoration (Eden Landing Ecological Reserve), 1982-1999
- The California Wine Industry During the Depression
- The National Park Service and Civilian Conservation Corps
- The Passage of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act 1991-1992: The Metropolitan Water District Perspective
- The Patterson Family & Ranch: Southern Alameda County in Transition Volume II: Water, Development, and Preservation in Southern Alameda County
- The Patterson Family & Ranch: Southern Alameda County in Transition Volume III: The Patterson Ranch, Past and Future: The Family's Perspective
- Thomas J. Graff: California Regional Director of the Environmental Defense Fund, 1971-2009: Applying Economics to Environmental Policymaking, Reforming California Water Policy
- Thornton T. Munger: Forest Research in the Northwest
- Toichi Domoto: Japanese-American Nurseryman's Life in California Floriculture
- Tom Gill: International Forester
- Tom Greig: Oral Interview of Tom Grieg
- U.S. Forest Service Recreation and Wildlife
- Walter E. Packard: Land and Power Development in California, Greece, and Latin America, Volume 1
- Walter F. McLean: From Pardee to Buckhorn: Water Resources Engineering and Water Policy in the East Bay Municipal Utility District, 1927-1991
- Walter H. Lund: Timber Management in the Pacific Northwest Region 1927-1965
- Walter McCulloch: Forestry and Education in Oregon, 1937-1966
- Wayne Roderick: California Native Plantsman, UC Berkeley Botanical Garden, Tilden Botanic Garden
- Will "Trav" Travis: Leading Environmental Regulator for the Public Interest
- William Durbrow: Irrigation District Leader
- William Edward Colby: Reminiscences
- William R. Schofield: Forestry Lobbying, and Resource Legislation 1931-1961
- William V. Cruess: A Half Century of Food and Wine Technology
- Woodbridge Metcalf: Extension Forester 1926-1956
