Jeff and Dorothy Brady are interviewed by Karen Brewster in Skagway, Alaska on October 10, 2018.
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Jeff and Dorothy Brady are interviewed by Karen Brewster in Skagway, Alaska on October 10, 2018.
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2 videocassettes (60 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. WAV, mono
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Recorded in Skagway, Alaska on October 10, 2018.
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ORAL HISTORY 2018-14-09 PT. 1. Jeff and Dorothy Brady talk about their personal backgrounds, their bookstore, buying and restoring property in Dyea, effect of the West Creek flood, Dorothy's work in the Aleutian's, gardening, changes in temperatures and snow cover, plant survival, changes in the water table, summer temperatures, and rainfall, snow and river water levels, Yukon River Quest, mule deer in Dyea, insect populations, losing their beehive, changes in the Taiya River, flooding and erosion, bird populations, changes in seasonal timing, fall colors of the trees, changes in apple and fir trees, changes in berries, willow, heather and lichen, effects of pollution, changes in mushrooms, changes in treeline, changes in the glaciers, changes in the vegetation in the Dyea flats, and changes in rainfall and the river water levels.
ORAL HISTORY 2018-14-09 PT. 2. Jeff and Dorothy Brady talk about lead pollution in Skagway from ore transportation, clean up of the pollution, water contamination, fish and bird populations, increase in crows, rockslides in the harbor, forest fires, positive effects of environmental change in gardening, changes in garden plants and the growing season, invasive species, lenghtening of the growing season, greater concern about forest fires in Dyea than in the past, local concern about environmental change, the need for increased awareness on a global scale, changes in rainfall and winter icing events.
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