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Index to Interview Questions:
00:24 – Provide some background about your upbringing and how you became interested in forestry as a career.
01:52 – Where did you attend forestry school?
03:12 – Tell us about your experiences at forestry camp.
03:49 – 1958 was a very eventful year for you. Besides graduating from Berkeley, tell us about some of the other events during that time.
06:07 – Tell us about your career path with the USFS.
09:54 – Any memorable events or anecdotes from the various forests where you worked?
11:47 – Tell us about your first national forest job on the El Dorado.
12:45 – What national forest assignment was your favorite?
14:10 – What type of conflicts did you encounter while assigned to various national forests?
How did you work to resolve these conflicts?
17:21 – What differences did you observe in managing
forests in Idaho vs California?
18:15 – What advice would you give a young person considering a forestry or natural resource
management career?
18:54 – In your 30+ year career in forestry, what sort of changes did you observe, primarily in fire management?
21:51 – What sort of changes have you seen in fire management?
23:18 – What are your thoughts on the current condition of the forests?
26:30 – What are your thoughts about the decline in the number of sawmills
in California?
27:56 – Why have you maintained your membership in Society of American Foresters and why do you consider it to be important?
29:41 – In a perfect world, what would be your vision of an ideal forest?
31:47 – Did you continue to practice forestry after you retired?
33:51 – Are there any final thoughts you would like to share?
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