Energy Production

Oral history interview with Drew D. Pettus conducted by Michael O'Rourke on June 5, 2002, as part of the Northwest Power Planning Council Oral History Project. Pettus discusses his work on the 1980 Northwest Power Act as chief of staff for U.S. Representative Al Swift.

Oral history interview with Eugene Rosolie, conducted by Clark Hansen in three sessions, from February 27 to March 17, 1999, as part of the Columbia River Dissenters Oral History Series. Rosolie discusses his environmental activism, particularly his efforts to shut down nuclear power plants in the Pacific Northwest, his advocacy for renewable energy sources, and his efforts to restore estuaries in the Columbia River Basin.

Miscellaneous correspondence and other records regarding the movement against hydroelectric development on the rivers and other water resources of Linn and adjacent counties in Oregon, including protest action by the Santiam Fish and Game Protective Association, the Marion County Game Protective Association and the Oregon Game Protective Association.

Oral history interview with Bob Saxvik conducted by Michael O'Rourke on August 16, 2000, as part of the Northwest Power Planning Council Oral History Project. Saxvik represented Idaho on the Northwest Power Planning Council, now known as the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, from 1981 to 1996.

Collection includes correspondence, reports, clippings, and miscellaneous documents and ephemera, 1949-1954, regarding the controversy over development of Snake River-Hells Canyon region.

Oral history interview with Ed W. Sheets conducted by Michael O'Rourke from November 10, 1998, to September 28, 2000, as part of the Northwest Power Planning Council Oral History Project. Sheets discusses serving as executive director of the Northwest Power Planning Council, now known as the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, from 1981 to 1995.