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OMO RIVER BASIN / 7 Expeditions (42 Interviews – 17 Taped) 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 © No Water No Life / www.nowater-nolife.org 1 NWNL – Voices of the River 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 © No Water No Life / www.nowater-nolife.org 2 NWNL – Voices of the River 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 © No Water No Life / www.nowater-nolife.org 3 NWNL – Voices of the River 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 © No Water No Life / www.nowater-nolife.org 4 NWNL – Voices of the River 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
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