Minnesota Environmental Issues Oral History Project: Interview with Frank Salerno

Titles: Minnesota Environmental Issues Oral History Project: Interview with Frank Salerno (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Salerno was originally trained as an electrical engineer. He became disenchanted with the demands of travel and of his time and decided to move his family to Ely, where they had previously vacationed. He and his wife, Betty, learned the real estate business and opened an office in the early 1970s. When the 1978 BWCA legislation was proposed, the Salernos became spokespersons for the Boundary Waters Conservation Alliance, Ely Winton chapter, which advocates multiple use in the BWCA. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Impact of the legislation on Ely and the surrounding areas; how the group was formed; three methods of change (lobbying the legislative branch, pursuing the appeals process through the judicial branch, and dealing with administrators in the executive branch); comments on Sierra Club, Miles Lord, Bruce Vento, and others; impact of restrictions on the handicapped, Native Americans, and border lakes; future of BWCA; best use of the BWCA; the benefits of multiple use. COMMENTS ON INTERVIEW: The interview is with Frank Salerno; however, his wife, Betty, occasionally offers an observation.

Dates

• 10/01/1986 - 10/02/1986 (Interviews conducted 10/1/1986 and 10/2/1986.) (Creation)

Creation

• interviewer: Robertson, Margaret A.
• interviewee: Salerno, Frank

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 58
• Accession Number: AV1988.99.27

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

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

Quantity: 2 hours sound cassette 32 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 120 minutes length

Subjects

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