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COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP PROJECT ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW: BARRY THOM
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The Collaborative Leadership Project (a project of the University of Washington’s Center for Urban Waters, CUW/Puget Sound Institute, PSI) has conducted and filmed oral history interviews with conveners, sponsors, participants, and practitioners from landmark natural resource collaborations conducted in the state of Washington (WA) since the mid-1970s. The goal of the Project is to capture and document as much insight and as many recollections as possible, before anything else is lost to retirements, fading memories, and other losses; and to archive these digitized oral histories. The original copies are housed in the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections. More information on the Project is available at https://www.pugetsoundinstitute.org/collaboration/collaborative-leadership-project/ . Barry’s most relevant position was serving as Regional Director for NOAA Fisheries. He is now Director of the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Service. Barry discussed the Columbia Basin Partnership Task Force, which NOAA Fisheries launched in response to the reaction to an assessment of Columbia River salmon and steelhead recovery programs, and which led to the Task Force (sovereig…
Directors & creators
Interviewee: Barry Thom, Interviewer: Jennifer Huntley, Videographer: Michael Peters
Subjects
Collaborative Governance, American Indian Tribes, Collaboration, Conflict Resolution, Dispute Resolution, Environment, Facilitation, Mediation, Natural Resources, Public Policy, Washington State, NOAA Fisheries, Columbia Basin Partnership Task Force, Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund
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