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Oral history interview with Peter J. Paquet [Session 03, Recording 04]
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- 1998-12-23 (Creation)
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Audiocassette; 00:12:36
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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 6, Side 1. In the third interview session, conducted on December 23, 1998, Paquet discusses his work with the Northwest Power Planning Council to create a fish and wildlife plan in the early 1980s. He talks about navigating the conflicting interests of power companies, state agencies, Native American tribes, and sport fishers and game hunters. He talks about the life cycle of fish native to the Columbia River, describes how those cycles are disrupted by the dams, and talks about efforts to mitigate these disruptions. He speaks about the reception and implementation of the NWPPC fish and wildlife plan. He also talks about the people he worked with on the plan.
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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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- O'Rourke, Michael (Filmmaker) (Contributor)