Lynn Lewis Oral History Transcript

Lynn Lewis talks about her early life growing up in Pittsburgh, PA. She went to Grove City College in PA graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Biology. Her summers away from college included involvement with the Youth Conservation Corps and Student Conservation Association. She attended graduate school at Penn State in PA where she graduated with a Master of Science degree in Ecology in 1977. It was during her graduate studies that she met her husband, Steve who also had a career with the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Lynn describes her career, her work assignments, and the various coworkers she collaborated with during her time with the Service.

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Lynn Lewis
Tom Worthington
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Agriculture
Biologists (USFWS)
Environmental education
Rivers and streams
Endangered and/or Threatened species
History
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