Interviewer
Beth Hodder, Kjell Petersen, Mark Hufstetler
Files
Description
Samsara Chapman Duffey discusses being born in Missoula, Montana, but moving to Helena as a young child and growing up there. She says she started backpacking and camping then, learning how important the outdoors was to her. She talks of her older sister becoming a lookout at Prairie Reef and introducing Sam to the lookout world. Sam says she will be twenty-seven years this year on Patrol Lookout in the Bob Marshall Wilderness. Sam tells of daily life in the lookout, including taking radio calls, making weather observations, following crews through the radio, and watching for fires. She also talks about how weather has seemed to change over time, and what the effects climate change may be having on weather, wildlife, and the Montana landscape.
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Document Type
Oral History
Original Date
5-8-2023
Time Period
Twenty-first century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Northwest Montana Lookout Association Oral History Project, OH 453, Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula
Digital Publisher
University of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield Library
Rights
Copyright to this collection is held by the interview participants and by the Northwest Montana Lookout Association. Permission may be required for use. For further information please contact Archives and Special Collections: (406) 243-2053 / library.archives@umontana.edu
Oral History Number
OH 453-025
Media Type
Moving Image; Sound; Text
Digital Format
video/mp4; audio/m4a; application/pdf; text/plain
Run Time
01:08:39 minutes
Local Filename
OH_453_025.mp4; OH_453_025.m4a; OH_453_025.pdf; OH_453_025.srt
Citation
Duffey, Samsara Chapman, "Samsara Chapman Duffey Interview, May 8, 2023" (2023). Northwest Montana Lookout Association Oral History Project. 25.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/nwmt-ffla/25