Meyer, Philip A.
Biography
Philip Armour Meyer was born in Telegraph Creek, British Columbia, Canada, in 1941. He studied economics and political science at the University of Victoria, and earned a master's degree in economics from the University of California at Santa Barbara. In the mid-1970s, Meyer was chief social science advisor on habitat conservation for the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Pacific Region, which encompasses British Columbia and the Yukon. In 1981, Meyer started a private consulting firm and did studies for the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Yakama Nation in Washington state.
Sources: Vital records on Ancestry.com; information provided by Meyer in his interview; “Concerned for Salmon? Read Latest UVic Book,” by Stewart Lang, (Victoria) Times Colonist, July 13, 1977, Page 19; “Sport fishing still favored by British Columbians,” Nanaimo Daily News, August 27, 1978, Page 1.
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Oral history interview with Philip A. Meyer
Oral history interview with Philip A. Meyer, conducted by Clark Hansen on April 5, 2000, as part of the Columbia River Dissenters Oral History Series. Meyer discusses Canadian and United States policies regarding water use and energy production in the Pacific Northwest, and talks about his work as a private consultant for the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs and for the Yakama Nation.