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COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP PROJECT ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW: DAVE SOMERS
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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/ . Dave Somers is a politician and fisheries biologist serving as the Snohomish County Executive since 2016. Somers previously served on the Snohomish County Council, representing the 5th district in the eastern portion of the county. Somers was employed as a fisheries biologist by the Tulalip Tribes from 1979 to 1997. Dave talks about the early days of the Boldt decision and his work…
Directors & creators
Interviewee: Dave Somers, 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, Snohomish County, The Tulalip Tribes, Boldt Decision, Timber/Fish/Wildlife (TFW) Program
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