River Stories Oral History Project |
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Mathis Wackernagel,co-creator of the ecological footprint, speaks about ecological issues our world is facing. |
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Ben Breton, a historian specializing in Quinnipiac history, tells about the lives of the Quinnipiacs. | |
Lauren Brown, Director of Land Conservation at New Haven Land Trust, speaks about the work they are doing to preserve valuable property and track migratory patterns of alewives. |
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| Peter Davis, the RiverKeeper, has been cleaning our rivers for eighteen years. | ||
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Fox Running, a Quinnipiac Medicine Man, shares some of the local legends of his people. | |
| D.J. King, lobsterman, tells stories about his business and some creatures of the sea. | ||
| Jim Bussman, Seaboard Fuel, tells about trends and changes he has seen on the waterway. | ||
| Bob Gryswecz , Historian and Architect, tells about the history of New Haven, its buildings and rivers. | ||
| Wade Elmer, Plant Pathologist for the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, tells about the troubling new phenomena of sudden wetlands dieback. | ||
| Joe Taylor, a local historian who collects pictures and uses them to tell the story of a place. | ||