Interviewer
Kevin Proescholdt
Files
Description
Stewart Brandborg details the groundswell of support that the wilderness bill received and talks about the years leading up to the passage of the 1964 Wilderness Bill. He talks at length about his role in the Wilderness Society before and after Howard Zahniser’s death. Brandborg describes how the Society maintained its tax-exampt status as a non-profit, while lobbing the U.S. Congress to pass the wilderness bill. He mentions the creation of various national parks and the role of various Wilderness Society members in their creation. Brandborg discusses the members who formed the central leadership team at the Wilderness Society, including Ernest Oberholtzer, Olaus Murie, Mardy Murie, Harvey Broome, Sigurd Olson, and others. Brandborg recalls amusing anecdotes about time spent Zahniser. He discusses the years following the passage of the Wilderness Act, including Jimmy Carter’s re-election campaign. BRandborg details the development of the Society’s training session to encourage grassroots activism for conservation issues. He also discusses the Internal Revenue investigation of the Society’s 501c3 status. He describes the effect of Sigurd Olson’s health issues on the Wilderness Society.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
United States. Wilderness Act; Conservation of natural resources--Montana--Bitterroot River Valley--Societies, etc.; Conservation of natural resources--United States; United States. National Environmental Policy Act of 1969; Environmental policy—United States; Environmentalism--United States--Societies, etc.; Wildlife conservation--Law and legislation--United States; Wildlife conservation--United States--Societies, etc; Conservation of natural resources--Montana--Bitterroot River Valley--Societies, etc.: Conservation of natural resources--United States; Conservation of natural resources--West (U.S.)--Societies, etc.: Timber--Bitterroot National Forest (Mont. and Idaho)--Management Wildlife conservation--Law and legislation--United States; Mountain goat; University of Idaho; Brandborg, Stewart (1925-2018); Brandborg, G. M. (Guy Mathew), (1893-1977); Marshall, Robert (1901-1939); Pinchot, Gifford (1865-1946); Zahniser, Howard; Stong, Benjamin; Brower, David (1912-2000); Callison, Charles H. (1913-1993); Margaret E. Murie; Olaus J Murie (Olaus Johan), 1889-1963; Oberholtzer, Ernest C. (Ernest Carl), 1884-1977; Sigurd, Olson F. (1899- ); Broome, Harvey (1902-1968); United States. Forest Service; Idaho. Fish and Game Dept.; Friends of the Bitterroot; Montana. Dept. of Fish and Game; National Wildlife Federation; United States. National Park Service; United States. Department of Interior; University of Idaho. Idaho Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit; Wilderness Society (U.S.); Missoula (Mont.); Bitterroot National Forest (Mont. and Idaho); Trans-Alaska Pipeline (Alaska)--Environmental aspects; Selway River Watershed (Idaho); Conservationists--United States; Environmentalists--United States
Original Date
7-14-2007
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Washington, D.C.
Language
eng
Original Collection
Voice of the Wilderness: Stewart Brandborg Oral History Project, OH 424
Holding Institution
University of Montana. Mansfield Library. Archives and Special Collections
Digital Publisher
University of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield Library
Rights Statement
Rights Holder
Copyright to this collection is held by the interview participants by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula. Permission may be required for use. For further information please contact Archives and Special Collectionsat the University of Montana, Mansfield Library.
Oral History Number
OH 424-002
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
Audio cassettes: analog + 1 transcript (47 pp: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
04:15:03 minutes
Local Filename
OH_424_002.mp3; OH_424_002.pdf
Citation
Brandborg, Stewart, "Stewart Brandborg Interview, July 14, 2007" (2007). Voice of the Wilderness: Stewart Brandborg Oral History Project. 2.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/stewartbrandborgwilderness_oralhistory/2