Oral history interview with Peter J. Paquet [Session 02, Recording 02]

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Oral history interview with Peter J. Paquet [Session 02, Recording 02]

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  • 1998-12-15 (Creation)

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Audiocassette; 00:20:07

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Peter J. Paquet was born in Vanport, Oregon, in 1945. In 1967, he earned a bachelor's degree in biology from the University of Santa Clara in California. He worked at the NASA Ames Research Center for a few years. He returned to Portland and in 1978, he earned a combined master's degree and Ph.D. in environmental science from Portland State University. He was wildlife and resident fish manager for the Northwest Power Planning Council, now known as the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, from 1981 to 2014. From 1992 to 2015, he was also the director of the watershed management professional program at Portland State University.

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Tape 4, Side 1. A portion of this session, Tape 3, is missing. In the second interview session, conducted on December 15, 1998, Paquet discusses developments in environmental legislation and electricity production in Oregon during the 1970s. He talks about anti-nuclear activist Lloyd Marbet; shares his opinion regarding nuclear power; and speaks at length about working for the Oregon Department of Energy on the Energy Facility Siting Council in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He talks about renewable energy resources, and about working with the Bonneville Power Administration.

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Joint copyright for this interview is held by the Oregon Historical Society and Peter J. Paquet. Use is allowed according to the following statement: In Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Permitted, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/

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  • English

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