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Oral history interview with Peter J. Paquet [Session 08, Recording 03]
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- 2000-04-12 (Creation)
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Audiocassette; 00:31:17
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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 16, Side 1. In the eighth interview session, conducted on April 12, 2000, Paquet speaks at length about the political changes in the Pacific Northwest states in the mid-1990s and how that affected the work of the NWPPC. He speaks about the new council members, about changes in economic factors around power utilities, and about changes in the council’s policies. He also talks about working with a reduced budget in the late 1990s. He talks about the results of an independent science review of the NWPPC’s fish and wildlife plan, and discusses plans for the next amendment cycle in 2001.
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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)