David Lenhart oral history transcript

David Lenhart oral history interview as conducted by Jerry C. Grover. Dave Lenhart talks about the many jobs he's had within the Fish and Wildlife Service, issues with the insecticide heptachlor, developing various response plans, developing a pesticide monitoring program for starlings, and heading up DDT studies on robins, grouse, and juncos. Organization: FWS Name: David Lenhart Years: 1955-1986 Program: Refuges Keywords: Biography, Employees (USFWS), History, Pesticides, Biologists (USFWS), Birds, Fishes, Waterfowl, Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge, Heptachlor, DDT, Insecticides
Author(s)
Jerry C. Grover
Publication date
Facility
huge flock of mallards lifting off from a field
Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge is a made up of the waters, islands, shores, and uplands in and around the Columbia River. The refuge's 23,555 acres offer a broad collection of wildlife habitats species. Natural and managed wetlands, mixed with native shrub-steppe, provide homes for an abundance...
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Subject tags
Waterfowl
Pesticides
History
Fishes
Employees (USFWS)
Birds
Biologists (USFWS)