Green, Bill (William)
Biographical note
William “Bill” Green grew up in Ontario, Canada. He studied botany and geology at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, then spent four years as a teacher in Papua New Guinea. From 1994 to 2017, he was director of the Canadian Columbia River Inter-tribal Fisheries Commission. He also served as operational director of the Ktunaxa-Kinbasket Tribal Council (now named the Ktunaxa Nation Council). In 2011 and 2015, he was the Green Party candidate to represent the riding of Kootenay-Columbia in the Canadian Parliament.
Sources: Information provided by Green in his interview; “Bill Green honoured for fisheries work,” by Ian Cobb, East Kootenay News Online Weekly, August 20, 2015 (accessed June 2026), https://www.e-know.ca/news/bill-green-honoured-for-fisheries-work/; Canadian Columbia River Inter-tribal Fisheries Commission website (accessed June 2026), http://ccrifc.org/who-ccrifc/; “William Green throws in hat for Green Party,” by Alex Cooper, Revelstroke Review, March 31, 2015 (accessed June 2026), https://revelstokereview.com/2011/03/31/william-green-throws-in-hat-for-green-party/
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Oral history interview with Bill Green
Oral history interview with Bill Green, conducted by Clark Hansen on September 25, 2000, as part of the Columbia River Dissenters Oral History Series. Green discusses his work in salmon restoration as director of the Canadian Columbia River Intertribal Fisheries Commission, and shares his opinion on various fish conservation measures, including hatcheries and dam removal.