Minnesota Environmental Issues Oral History Project: Interview with Margaret Kohring

Titles: Minnesota Environmental Issues Oral History Project: Interview with Margaret Kohring (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Kohring is from Michigan and is a fourth generation female botanist. As a teenager, she became involved on her own in preserving a wetlands area from overdevelopment by Amtrak. She eventually enlisted The Nature Conservancy's help in this project, and the wetlands was saved. After earning her undergraduate degree in botany, she began working for The Nature Conservancy in Michigan, and was eventually transferred to the Minnesota chapter. In 1983, she was named executive director. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Her background; The Nature Conservancy programs; stewardship program; funding; affiliation with other conservation groups; lobbying efforts; The Nature Conservancy administrative structure; The Nature Conservancy's "master list" of conservation projects; its techniques of non confrontation; its affiliation with business; its goals; future of The Nature Conservancy, such as projects to protect migratory bird habitats in South America. Focus was on the unique nature of The Nature Conservancy's success.

Dates

• 10/07/1986 - 06/29/1987 (Audio interview conducted 10/7/1986 and video interview 6/29/1987.) (Creation)

Creation

• interviewer: Robertson, Margaret A.
• interviewee: Kohring, Margaret

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 58
• Accession Number: AV1988.99.17
• Accession Number: AV1989.221.2

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Minnesota Environmental Issues Oral History Project' <OH 58>

Quantity: 1 hour sound cassette 1 hour videocassette 22 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: moving images
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 55 minutes length (Audio interview)

Subjects

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