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This is an oral history recording of Dr. Dara Orbach, interviewed by Maxwell McClure. Dr. Orbach talks about her work as a marine biologist and what led to take the career path she is on. This includes details about her undergraduate studies, graduate studies, research experience with marine mammals, and her current work that she does in her lab at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. She also gives advice for prospective students who want to study marine mammals.
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This is an oral history recording of Dr. Paul Montagna interviewed by Jen Brown. Dr. Montagna talks about his work on oil and gas environmental issues; his scientific work on the deep sea; his research on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill; and his views on science in a post-truth era.
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This is an oral history recording of Tony Amos interviewed by Jen Brown. Mr. Amos discusses his early life, family, and career in oceanography; his work at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute; his studies of San Jose Island and Mustang Island; turtles, dolphins, birds, and other wildlife; tidal charts; trash, marine debris, and MARPOL; oil spills; and his work with ARK (the Animal Rehabilitation Keep, now called the Amos Rehabilitation Keep) and the Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network.
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This is an oral history recording of Emilie Payne interviewed by Jen Brown. Emilie Payne discusses birding in South Texas as well as her work protecting brown pelican nesting groups and patrolling Pelican Island in Corpus Christi Bay.
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This is an oral history recording of Dr. David McKee interviewed by Jen Brown. Dr. McKee discusses his early life growing up in Sinton, Texas; hunting and fishing; his work as a marine biologist and a professor at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; his books; and his involvement with the Coastal Conservation Association.
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This is an oral history recording of Captain Billy Sandifer interviewed by Jen Brown. Captain Sandifer discusses his life growing up in South Texas; hunting and fishing; shrimping; shark fishing and guiding; the creation of the nonprofit organization Friends of Padre and the annual Big Shell Beach Clean Up; his views on the environment, conservation, and climate change; and his role as a DEA informant for drug smuggling along the Padre Island National Seashore.
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This is an oral history recording of Dr. John "Wes" Tunnell, Jr. interviewed by Jen Brown. Dr. Tunnell talks about his career as a marine biologist and ecologist; his early life in Taft, Texas; going to school at Texas A&I University-Kingsville; the early years of Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; the creation of the Center for Coastal Studies; the creation of the Harte Research Institute; teaching; and transnational science in the Gulf of Mexico.
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This is an oral history recording of Dr. Paul Montagna interviewed by Jen Brown. Dr. Montagna talks about becoming a scientist; his longtime work as a marine biologist on estuaries and freshwater inflow; Texas water law, Senate Bill 3 (2007), and Texas politics; his role in the creation of MANERR (Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve); and being a member of the Port Aransas school board.
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This is an oral history recording of Dennis Burk interviewed by Jen Brown. Mr. Burk covers his work as a volunteer at the Texas State Aquarium and Padre Island National Seashore; diving; travel; sea turtles; environmental education and conservation; and his work as a registered nurse in Corpus Christi, Texas.