Carl Melberg oral history transcript

Carl Melberg oral history as conducted by Christine O'Neill. Carl Melberg was a Land Acquisition Planner for the Fish and Wildlife Service at the Regional Office in Hadley, Massachusetts at the time of the establishment of the Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge. He explains the role that he and the Fish and Wildlife Service played in helping establish the refuge. He also discusses Ed Moses, the first refuge manager at Mashpee, and how even though he was an old school manger he had the “foresight to buy into this whole idea of a partnership refuge.” Organization: FWS Name: Carl Melberg Years: -Present Program: Regional Office, Land Acquisition Keywords: History, Employee (FWS), Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge, Gerry Studds, Tom Fudala, George Costa, Ed Moses, Partnerships, environments assessment, Chuckie Green, John Peters "Slow Turtle", Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, prescribed burns, New England cottontails, Mark Forrest, WBNERR, Christine Gault