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Title: Adam Eyres oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-020423
Creator: Todd, David, 1959-
Contributor: Eyres, Adam (Conservationist), Conservation History Association of Texas
Topic: White rhinoceros, Animals
Dates: 2021-10-11
Resource: Conservation History Association of Texas, Texas Fauna Project records
Description: Oral history of Adam Eyres conducted by David Todd on October 11, 2021. Eyres is the Director of Animal Care at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center. In this interview, he discusses his involvement in the feeding, care, monitoring, and breeding efforts for the southern white rhinoceros.

Title: Adela Mancias oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-004040
Creator: Walje, Ethan
Contributor: Mancias, Adela, 1953-
Topic: Zoning law, Hispanic American women, Social justice
Dates: 1974, 1990-12-31, 2021-02-27
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Adela Mancias conducted by Ethan Walje on February 27, 2021. Adela Mancias recounts her experiences growing up in Texas as a Mexican-American and how it led to her interest in activism. She discusses her work with the Raza Unida Party and Brown Berets in Austin, Texas, including her participation in protests against the Austin Boat Club races and the Ku Klux Klan march in Austin on February 19, 1983. She also discusses her work in organizing resistance to unfair zoning laws in East Austin and talks about her later documentary and radio work.

Title: Alicia Jarry oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-004032
Creator: Randall, Elise
Contributor: Jarry, Alicia McCullough, 1944-
Topic: Abortion, Community health services, Mental health services, Reproductive rights
Dates: 1944-04, 2021, 2021-02-28
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Alicia Jarry conducted by Elise Randall on February 28, 2021 about her involvement with the People's Community Clinic.

Title: Ann Hamilton oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-020428
Creator: Todd, David, 1959-
Contributor: Hamilton, Ann (Conservationist), Conservation History Association of Texas
Topic: Whooping crane, Animals
Dates: 2020-06-06
Resource: Conservation History Association of Texas, Texas Fauna Project records
Description: Oral history of Ann Hamilton conducted by David Todd on June 6, 2020. Hamilton has worked as Executive Director of the Park People and Houston Parks Board, as the environmental grant officer for the Houston Endowment, and formerly as a trustee of the Hershey Foundation. In this interview, she discusses her work on the board of the International Crane Foundation and the Aransas Project, supporting efforts to protect and restore the highly endangered whooping crane.

Title: Ben Feltner oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-020360
Creator: Todd, David, 1959-
Contributor: Feltner, Ben, active 2020, Conservation History Association of Texas
Topic: Eskimo curlew, Animals
Dates: 2020-10-16
Resource: Conservation History Association of Texas, Texas Fauna Project records
Description: Oral history of Ben Feltner, a birder and nature guide, conducted by David Todd on October 16, 2020. In this interview, he discusses his rediscovery of the Eskimo curlew.

Title: Ben Masters oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-020398
Creator: Todd, David, 1959-
Contributor: Masters, Ben, Conservation History Association of Texas
Topic: Mustang, Animals
Dates: 2021-10-22
Resource: Conservation History Association of Texas, Texas Fauna Project records
Description: Oral history of Ben Masters conducted by David Todd on October 22, 2021. Masters is an adventurer, author and filmmaker. Through his firm, Fin and Fur Films, he has produced a number of documentaries about wildlife and natural resources. In this interview, he discusses his project, "Unbranded," which focuses on the plight of wild horses in the United States.

Title: Ben Masters oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-020397
Creator: Todd, David, 1959-
Contributor: Masters, Ben, Conservation History Association of Texas
Topic: Mustang, Animals
Dates: 2021-10-22
Resource: Conservation History Association of Texas, Texas Fauna Project records
Description: Oral history of Ben Masters conducted by David Todd on October 22, 2021. Masters is an adventurer, author, and filmmaker. Through his firm, Fin and Fur Films, he has produced a number of documentaries about wildlife and natural resources. In this interview, he discusses his project, "Unbranded," which focuses on the plight of wild horses in the United States.

Title: Ben Masters oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-021023
Creator: Todd, David, 1959-
Contributor: Masters, Ben, Conservation History Association of Texas
Topic: Mustang, Animals
Dates: 2021-10-22
Resource: Conservation History Association of Texas, Texas Fauna Project records
Description: Oral history of Ben Masters conducted by David Todd on October 22, 2021.

Title: Bill Balboa oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-020349
Creator: Todd, David, 1959-
Contributor: Balboa, William A., Conservation History Association of Texas
Topic: American oyster, Animals
Dates: 2021-12-20
Resource: Conservation History Association of Texas, Texas Fauna Project records
Description: Oral history of Bill Balboa, a coastal fisheries biologist, conducted by David Todd on December 20, 2021. Starting in 1988, Balboa has worked at Texas Parks and Wildlife, then at Texas AgriLife - Sea Grant Texas, and most recently, at the non-profit group, the Matagorda Bay Foundation. In each of these positions, he has been involved in studying, protecting and restoring coastal resources, including Eastern oysters. He discusses these efforts in this interview.

Title: Bill Oliver oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-020435
Creator: Todd, David, 1959-
Contributor: Oliver, Bill (Musician), Conservation History Association of Texas
Topic: Animals
Dates: 2022-07-11
Resource: Conservation History Association of Texas, Texas Fauna Project records
Description: Oral history of Bill Oliver conducted by David Todd on July 11, 2022. Oliver is a celebrated songwriter, singer and educator based in Austin, Texas. He has entertained and taught generations of children and adults about habitat and wildlife conservation. In this interview, he discusses his life and career and songs that he has written.

Title: Bill Rodney oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-020354
Creator: Todd, David, 1959-
Contributor: Rodney, Bill (Biologist), Conservation History Association of Texas
Topic: American oyster, Animals
Dates: 2021-12-02
Resource: Conservation History Association of Texas, Texas Fauna Project records
Description: Oral history of Bill Rodney, an oyster restoration biologist with the Coastal Fisheries Division of Texas Parks and Wildlife, conducted by David Todd on December 2, 2021. Rodney discusses his life and career and his work in oyster restoration and conservation.

Title: Bill Stransky oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-020422
Creator: Todd, David, 1959-
Contributor: Stransky, Bill (Conservationist), Conservation History Association of Texas
Topic: Geese, Animals
Dates: 2020-07-30
Resource: Conservation History Association of Texas, Texas Fauna Project records
Description: Oral history of Bill Stransky conducted by David Todd on July 30, 2020. Stransky is the executive director of Texas RICE, short for Rice Industry Coalition for the Environment. In this interview, he discusses his work in promoting waterfowl populations and restoring prairie habitat along the Texas coast, including projects on private lands and on public preserves, such as the Anahuac, Brazoria, Big Boggy, and other national wildlife refuges.

Title: Bill Swanson oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-020403
Creator: Todd, David, 1959-
Contributor: Swanson, William (Veterinarian), Conservation History Association of Texas
Topic: Ocelot, Animals
Dates: 2022-03-24
Resource: Conservation History Association of Texas, Texas Fauna Project records
Description: Oral history of Dr. Bill Swanson conducted by David Todd on March 24, 2022. Dr. Swanson is a veterinarian and animal scientist at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden. He is widely known for his reproductive research in a variety of felid species. In this interview, he discusses efforts to maintain the genetic diversity of ocelots, as well as controlling the fertility of feral cats.

Title: Charles Stutzenbaker oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-020391
Creator: Todd, David, 1959-
Contributor: Stutzenbaker, Charles D., Conservation History Association of Texas
Topic: Mottled duck, Animals
Dates: 2020-04-09
Resource: Conservation History Association of Texas, Texas Fauna Project records
Description: Oral history of Charles Stutzenbaker conducted by David Todd on April 9, 2020. Stutzenbaker worked as a waterfowl biologist and aquatic plant expert for Texas Parks and Wildlife, and in this interview discusses his experience with mottled duck management, particularly its protection from lead shot poisoning.

Title: Cheryl Jean Jefferson oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-004041
Creator: Vu, Tong
Contributor: Jefferson, Cheryl Jean, 1951-
Topic: Civil rights, African Americans, Peace movements, Energy conservation
Dates: 2021-02-26
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Cheryl Jean Jefferson conducted by Tong Vu on February, 26th 2021. Cheryl Jefferson was born to a military family in Anchorage, Alaska. Her family eventually settled in Brenham, Texas, and she elected to attend Southwest Texas State University in the late 1960s. While in school, she began her detailed career that includes Civil Rights Activism, antiwar activism, television production, and politics. With the Civil Rights movement in its latter stages, and the ongoing Vietnam War, Cheryl found involvement in just about every social movement. She was part of the student Senate at Southwest Texas State, and even met with former president Lyndon B. Johnson a handful of times. Most notably, Cheryl worked with the television network, KLRU, formerly known as KLRN. While Cheryl enjoyed working in all of the previously mentioned fields, she found the most happiness in her later career, where she worked in energy conservation.

Title: Chuck Sexton oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-020370
Creator: Todd, David, 1959-
Contributor: Sexton, Chuck, Conservation History Association of Texas
Topic: Golden-cheeked warbler, Animals
Dates: 2022-05-18
Resource: Conservation History Association of Texas, Texas Fauna Project records
Description: Oral history of Chuck Sexton, Ph.D. conducted by David Todd on May 18, 2022. Dr. Sexton served as a consultant with Espey Huston and as a biologist with the City of Austin and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. He has experience in the development of the Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan and the stewardship of the Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge. In this interview, he discusses efforts through the Plan and Refuge to protect the golden-cheeked warbler.

Title: Cliff Shackelford oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-020377
Creator: Todd, David, 1959-
Contributor: Shackelford, Clifford Eugene, 1967-, Conservation History Association of Texas
Topic: Ivory-billed woodpecker, Animals
Dates: 2021-07-29
Resource: Conservation History Association of Texas, Texas Fauna Project records
Description: Oral history of Cliff Shackelford conducted by David Todd on July 29, 2021. Shackelford serves as the state ornithologist for Texas Parks and Wildlife, focusing on protection of nongame birds. He has closely studied the history of the ivory-billed woodpecker in the state which he discusses in this interview.

Title: Craig Rudolph oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-021025
Creator: Todd, David, 1959-
Contributor: Rudolph, D. Craig, Conservation History Association of Texas
Topic: Red-cockaded woodpecker, Animals
Dates: 2021-11-02
Resource: Conservation History Association of Texas, Texas Fauna Project records
Description: Oral history of Craig Rudolph, Ph.D., conducted by David Todd on November 2, 2021.

Title: Craig Rudolph oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-020412
Creator: Todd, David, 1959-
Contributor: Rudolph, D. Craig, Conservation History Association of Texas
Topic: Red-cockaded woodpecker, Animals
Dates: 2021-10-20
Resource: Conservation History Association of Texas, Texas Fauna Project records
Description: Oral history of Craig Rudolph, Ph.D., conducted by David Todd on October 20, 2021. Dr. Rudolph is a former research ecologist at the U.S. Forest Service's Southern Research Station in Nacogdoches, Texas. In this interview, he discusses his involvement in the research and restoration efforts of the red-cockaded woodpecker.

Title: Craig Rudolph oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-020411
Creator: Todd, David, 1959-
Contributor: Rudolph, D. Craig, Conservation History Association of Texas
Topic: Red-cockaded woodpecker, Animals
Dates: 2021-11-02
Resource: Conservation History Association of Texas, Texas Fauna Project records
Description: Oral history of Craig Rudolph, Ph.D., conducted by David Todd on November 2, 2021. Dr. Rudolph is a former research ecologist at the U.S. Forest Service's Southern Research Station in Nacogdoches, Texas. In this interview, he discusses his life and his background in conservation and natural history.

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