Interview with Herb Green
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions11954
- Date Range
- March 15 2021
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Interview with BC Parks ranger and tracker Herb Green, recorded March 15 2021 at the Old Church in Smithers by Sonja Lester. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, photo from day of interview, and .csv file of subject indexing.
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Creator
- Sonja Lester
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.16
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 2.19 GB of digital records
- Date Range
- March 15 2021
- Scope and Content
- Interview with BC Parks ranger and tracker Herb Green, recorded March 15 2021 at the Old Church in Smithers by Sonja Lester. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, photo from day of interview, and .csv file of subject indexing.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Audio Tracks
Interview with Herb Green - March 15, 2021
Interview with Herb Green - March 15, 2021
https://search.bvmuseum.org/media/Digital%20Fonds%20and%20Collections/C5%20BVM%20Oral%20History%20collection/2021.21.16_Green,%20Herb/Green,%20Herb%202021_03_15.ACCESS.mp3
Why Green was transferred to Smithers as the Game Warden
Bella Coola; conservation officer; Etlin; Forest Act; game warden; Greenpeace; grizzly; Highway 37; Lake Elts; Manning Park; Prince George; Queen Charlotte; ranger; regional director; road access; Skeena; Stone Mountain; Tweedsmuir Park
jobs; parks; work areas
How Green would help in the preservation of animals on high risk zones like the train tracks
animals; Dave Hooper; deer tagging; Guide Outfitters; highways; Hungry Hill; radio callers; reflections; Rod and Gun Club; Ron Fleming; Tracy Hooper; trains; Wildlife for the Future; Works and Parks
conservation; wildlife conservation
How Green helped manage the deer population in and around Smithers.
caribou; habituation; helicopter; summer; tagging
tagging deer; tracing
Green discusses how Greenpeace protests against trophy hunting, as well as other efforts to protect the environment, have affected his livelihood as a guide-outfitter.
Anthony Island; environmental protection; Mount Edziza
anti-hunting protest; Greenpeace; guide-outfitters; guide-outfitting; protest; Spatsizi; trophy hunting
Green's band and its members.
Farmers' Market; John Koller; Joy Kryklywyj; music; Peter Kryklywyj; Ron Burger; Roy Chick
band; hobbies; music
Green in the field of tracking and working as a volunteer for the federal government.
community events; emergencies; federal; information; Master Corporal; military; mushroom pickers; retired; tracker; volunteer
federal volunteer; tracking
The story of when Green had to track down two German tourists who had gotten lost in the bush.
Bob Peters; bush; Clyde Nunn; German; missing; Queen Charlotte Islands; toilet paper; tracking; truck
missing persons; search and rescue
Finding a lost man with Alzheimers in Telkwa.
air search; Alzheimer's; elderly; Telkwa; tracking
missing persons; search and rescue
How the town should become a bigger enterprise for tourists and trail-users.
bush; campsite; education; enterprise; firearms; Fort St John; jobs; mill; park; private; railroad; Rod and Gun Club; The Core
clubs; environment; life; tourism
What the fur trade was like when he was growing up in Canada.
animals; First Nations; fur; fur industry; legal trappers; royalty; settlers; trapping; traps
fur trade
What life was like in the timber field and the challenges he faced.
bear; bibliography; borrow pit; chain saw; clearing trails; fire; Manning Park; mudslide; park representative; parks; prevention; snow; superintendant; trap box; vandalism
timber industry; trapping