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Title: John Karges oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-020385
Creator: Todd, David, 1959-
Contributor: Karges, John P., Conservation History Association of Texas
Topic: Fishes, Animals
Dates: 2021-06-19
Resource: Conservation History Association of Texas, Texas Fauna Project records
Description: Oral history of John Karges conducted by David Todd on June 19, 2021. Karges is a conservation biologist who worked at the Nature Conservancy of Texas for 30 years, as Coordinator for the Texas Natural History Survey, and as the manager and steward for West Texas programs and sites. In this interview, he discusses his efforts to protect desert springs, and the rare fish found there, including the Leon Springs pupfish.

Title: Robert Mace oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-020386
Creator: Todd, David, 1959-
Contributor: Mace, Robert E. (Robert Earl), 1967-, Conservation History Association of Texas
Topic: Fishes, Animals
Dates: 2021-07-28
Resource: Conservation History Association of Texas, Texas Fauna Project records
Description: Oral history of Dr. Robert Mace conducted by David Todd on July 28, 2021. Dr. Mace is the Executive Director and Chief Water Policy Officer at the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, and is a Professor of Practice in the Department of Geography at Texas State University in San Marcos. In this interview, he discusses the history of the development of Leon and Comanche Springs, including dams, ditches, and wells. His insights give critical background to the struggles of the Leon Springs pupfish and other indigenous spring fish and vegetation.

Title: Tony Echelle oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-020384
Creator: Todd, David, 1959-
Contributor: Echelle, Anthony A., Conservation History Association of Texas
Topic: Fishes, Animals
Dates: 2021-06-18
Resource: Conservation History Association of Texas, Texas Fauna Project records
Description: Oral history of Tony Echelle, Ph.D., conducted by David Todd on June 18, 2021. Dr. Echelle worked as a zoology professor at Oklahoma State University for over three decades. He has had a special interest in desert spring fish, and in this interview, discusses the natural history and conservation of the Leon Springs pupfish, which is found in Diamond Y Springs and Draw, near Fort Stockton, Texas.