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Georgia Environmental Oral History Project
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Environmental policy
Politics and Public Policy
Agriculture and Industry
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The Georgia Environmental Oral History Project was started in 2013 via a partnership between the Russell Library and Betsy Bean. The project documents the forces that have shaped and are currently shaping the Georgia landscape, including such topics as environmental activism (with a focus on grassroots activism), legislation related to environmental issues, the environmental history of the Georgia coast, the interplay between conservation, industry, and tourism, the politics of "sustainability," and the relationship between environmental issues and public safety. Early interviews focus on Brunswick and Glynn County including numerous Superfund sites, the development issues surrounding St. Simons Island and Jekyll Island, and the challenges of protecting coastal marshlands.<br /><br />All interviews in this collection have been indexed in OHMS.
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
Date
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2013-
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Oral histories
Identifier
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RBRL345GEOH
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Georgia
Oral History
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OHMS Object Text
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5.4 Interview with Sarah Ross, May 14, 2015 RBRL345GEOH-018 RBRL345GEOH Georgia Environmental Oral History Project Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Sarah Ross Christian Lopez 0 Kaltura video < ; iframe id=" ; kaltura_player" ; src=" ; https://cdnapisec.kaltura.com/p/1727411/sp/172741100/embedIframeJs/uiconf_id/26879422/partner_id/1727411?iframeembed=true& ; playerId=kaltura_player& ; entry_id=1_uqhneuxa& ; flashvars[localizationCode]=en& ; flashvars[leadWithHTML5]=true& ; flashvars[sideBarContainer.plugin]=true& ; flashvars[sideBarContainer.position]=left& ; flashvars[sideBarContainer.clickToClose]=true& ; flashvars[chapters.plugin]=true& ; flashvars[chapters.layout]=vertical& ; flashvars[chapters.thumbnailRotator]=false& ; flashvars[streamSelector.plugin]=true& ; flashvars[EmbedPlayer.SpinnerTarget]=videoHolder& ; flashvars[dualScreen.plugin]=true& ; flashvars[Kaltura.addCrossoriginToIframe]=true& ; & ; wid=1_9o9g89ku" ; width=" ; 400" ; height=" ; 285" ; allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozAllowFullScreen allow=" ; autoplay * ; fullscreen * ; encrypted-media *" ; sandbox=" ; allow-forms allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation allow-pointer-lock allow-popups allow-modals allow-orientation-lock allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-presentation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" ; frameborder=" ; 0" ; title=" ; Kaltura Player" ; > ; < ; /iframe> ; 41 Early life and education So, how long did you live in Columbus? Ross describes growing up in Gainesville, Florida surrounded by nature. She discusses becoming involved in science at a young age since her father was a pathologist. She explains how she started college at sixteen and worked in a plant pathology lab. She talks about starting an art gallery and frame shop in Savannah while she got three college degrees from Armstrong State University (where she later taught.) animals ; art education ; Columbus, Georgia ; ecology ; electron microscope ; fine arts ; Georgia Southern University-Armstrong Campus ; master's degree ; P. K. Yonge Developmental Research School ; Santa Fe Community College ; science education ; Scotland ; small business owner ; The University of Florida ; wildlife 734 History of Wormsloe And it was during that time as a graduate student when Larry Babits... Ross describes how her involvement with Wormsloe began as a graduate student when she worked on mapping Confederate batteries with archeologist Lawrence Babits. She talks about Wormsloe's transition from private property to public land under the National Heritage Trust Program. She also talks about the Supreme Court case with the Wormsloe Foundation around issues of tax status and public use. eminent domain ; Georgia Nature Conservancy ; Jane Yarn ; Jimmy Carter ; LiDar ; nonprofit ; research ; Savannah, Georgia ; Skidaway Island, Georgia ; technology 1321 Supporting research at Wormsloe The very first thing that Craig and Diane and I did when we started thinking about the utilization of this property... Ross describes her role as the Executive Director of the University of Georgia Center for Research and Education at Wormsloe. She discusses working with the University of Georgia, University System of Georgia, and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources to promote conservation, research, and education at Wormsloe. She explains how research at Wormsloe focuses on climate change, biodiversity, and fresh water issues specifically through the study of migrating species of wildlife. ecology ; Georgia coast ; ground water ; invasive exotic species ; monarch butterfly ; science education ; scientists ; Skidaway Institute of Oceanography ; The UGA Marine Institute on Sapelo Island (UGAMI) ; UGA Marine Extension Service 1872 Working on science education So, I want to ask you about science education. Ross describes teaching at the Oatland Island Education Center where she taught visiting students and cared for animals. She talks about working for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) first as the educational coordinator of Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary before later becoming the education coordinator of NOAA. She emphasizes her efforts to promote practical science education and community outreach. career ; employment ; Marine Extension Service ; Milton Gray ; National Marine Sanctuaries ; San Salvador Island, Bahamas ; Savannah Science Museum ; Skidaway Island 2507 Research on loggerhead sea turtles So when I retired for NOAH after 12 years... Ross discusses her research on loggerhead sea turtles, describing how she used the appeal of sea turtles to teach students about other organisms including the invertebrates that lived on their shells. She describes capturing and placing satellite transmitters on male loggerhead sea turtles, discussing the difficulty of the process. Army Corps of Engineers ; Blue Ridge Mountains ; New England Aquarium ; researcher ; science education ; scientist ; small business owner ; The Sparta Teapot Museum of Craft & ; Design ; underwater caves ; underwater dredging Oral History No transcript. Resources may be used under the guidelines described by the U.S. Copyright Office in Section 107, Title 17, United States Code (Fair use). Parties interested in production or commercial use of the resources should contact the Russell Library for a fee schedule. video 0 http://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL345GEOH/findingaid
Location
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Savannah, Georgia
Duration
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52 minutes
OHMS Object
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https://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL345GEOH-018/ohms
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
Dublin Core
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Title
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Interview with Sarah Ross, May 14, 2015
Identifier
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RBRL345GEOH-018
Creator
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Sarah Ross
Christian Lopez
Format
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video
oral histories
Subject
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Women scientists
Aquatic ecology
Conservation
Nonprofit organizations
Wildlife conservation
Business enterprises
Description
An account of the resource
Sarah Ross is the Executive Director of the University of Georgia Center for Research and Education at Wormsloe in Savannah, Georgia. She is also the President of The Wormsloe Foundation and Executive Director of the Wormsloe Institute for Environmental History. Ross previously served as the director of education for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the national education coordinator for the National Marine Sanctuary Program. In this interview, Ross discusses her education, involvement at Wormsloe, and work on science education.
Date
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2015-05-14
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Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Georgia
Type
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moving image
OHMS
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Georgia Environmental Oral History Project
Subject
The topic of the resource
Environmental policy
Politics and Public Policy
Agriculture and Industry
Description
An account of the resource
The Georgia Environmental Oral History Project was started in 2013 via a partnership between the Russell Library and Betsy Bean. The project documents the forces that have shaped and are currently shaping the Georgia landscape, including such topics as environmental activism (with a focus on grassroots activism), legislation related to environmental issues, the environmental history of the Georgia coast, the interplay between conservation, industry, and tourism, the politics of "sustainability," and the relationship between environmental issues and public safety. Early interviews focus on Brunswick and Glynn County including numerous Superfund sites, the development issues surrounding St. Simons Island and Jekyll Island, and the challenges of protecting coastal marshlands.<br /><br />All interviews in this collection have been indexed in OHMS.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2013-
Rights
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http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Oral histories
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
RBRL345GEOH
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Georgia
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
OHMS Object Text
Contains OHMS index and/or transcript and is what makes the contents of the OHMS object searchable.
5.4 Interview with Sarah Ross, February 20, 2016 RBRL345GEOH-020 RBRL345GEOH Georgia Environmental Oral History Project Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Sarah Ross Christian Lopez 0 Kaltura video < ; iframe id=" ; kaltura_player" ; src=" ; https://cdnapisec.kaltura.com/p/1727411/sp/172741100/embedIframeJs/uiconf_id/26879422/partner_id/1727411?iframeembed=true& ; playerId=kaltura_player& ; entry_id=1_tei1drv1& ; flashvars[localizationCode]=en& ; flashvars[leadWithHTML5]=true& ; flashvars[sideBarContainer.plugin]=true& ; flashvars[sideBarContainer.position]=left& ; flashvars[sideBarContainer.clickToClose]=true& ; flashvars[chapters.plugin]=true& ; flashvars[chapters.layout]=vertical& ; flashvars[chapters.thumbnailRotator]=false& ; flashvars[streamSelector.plugin]=true& ; flashvars[EmbedPlayer.SpinnerTarget]=videoHolder& ; flashvars[dualScreen.plugin]=true& ; flashvars[Kaltura.addCrossoriginToIframe]=true& ; & ; wid=1_9lxgr9eu" ; width=" ; 400" ; height=" ; 285" ; allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozAllowFullScreen allow=" ; autoplay * ; fullscreen * ; encrypted-media *" ; sandbox=" ; allow-forms allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation allow-pointer-lock allow-popups allow-modals allow-orientation-lock allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-presentation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" ; frameborder=" ; 0" ; title=" ; Kaltura Player" ; > ; < ; /iframe> ; 57 Work with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) The previous interview ended with Sarah getting ready to leave... Ross describes promoting science education through numerous positions at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). She emphasizes her work on communication both within and outside NOAA, and she talks about the fluctuating nature of federal funding. She discusses her transition from a costal researcher on the Georgia coast to office work in Washington DC. She also talks about the relationship between NOAA and the Department of Defense. bombs ; civil service ; Department of Education ; field work ; leadership ; National Weather Service ; nature ; nuclear threat ; politics ; September 11 attacks 868 Work as an innkeeper So it was a very anxious time, and that is when I decided I would like to have a place that I could drive to... Ross describes buying an inn in Sparta, North Carolina in order to have a place surrounded by nature and safe from nuclear attacks. She talks about balancing her job in D.C. as the director of the new education department and managing the inn in North Carolina, emphasizing her weekly seven hour commute. She discusses the importance of farmers and educators. She also mentions being on several governing boards including the board of the Blue Ridge Discovery Center Blue Ridge Parkway ; gardening ; hospitality ; nonprofits ; organic produce ; small business owner 1503 Determining the future of Wormsloe Did you start to work at Wormsloe as the president and director at that point? Ross describes meeting Craig Barrow while she was on the board of the Savannah Science Museum. She discusses the museum's closure and her role in deaccessioning various collections. She talks about how Barrow hired her as a consultant to help determine the future of Wormsloe. She describes working as the director of the Sparta Teapot Museum. She also discusses being the President of the Wormsloe Foundation and creating the Wormsloe Institute for Environmental History. archeology ; fly fishing ; Georgia Southern University ; herpetology ; hunting ; President George W. Bush ; Sonny Kamm ; tourism 2131 Research at Wormsloe You work with Arnett Mace. He makes this deal. Ross describes creating a plan for research at Wormsloe with the University of Georgia. She describes the main goals of Wormsloe as conservation, research, and education. She discusses creating the Wormsloe Science Advisory Council and serving as the director of the Center for Research and Education at Wormsloe. She discusses the center's focus on climate change, biodiversity, epidemiology, and water. She details her involvement in creating the infrastructure for a study on monarch butterflies. amphibians ; Arnett Mace ; environmental history ; Georgia coast ; grants ; interdisciplinary research ; invasive species ; migratory species ; Paul Sutter ; reptiles ; The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2930 Business strategies and grandmother's life I wanted to switch gears a little bit if we can and sort of talk a about being a woman. Ross discusses owning numerous small business, crediting her success to understanding delayed gratification. She talks about working multiple jobs at a time which enabled her to pursue different career paths. She describes her work as a cooking assistant on Georgia Public Televisions's New Southern Cooking with Nathalie Dupree. She also talks about being inspired by her grandmother who became an important microbiologist in the 1930s despite rampant sexism. consulting ; education ; employment ; Germany ; management ; mariage ; woman scientists ; women's rights 3508 Experience as a woman in science So having heard that, can you tell us about your experience being a woman? Ross describes seeing slow but positive change in the number of female scientists during her life. She talks about her experience of sexism at NOAA where her boss would not let her attend a graduate program because he wanted her to continue to work on various projects. She discusses how women need to demand equal rights and stand up for themselves. discrimination ; diversity ; patriarchy ; women scientists ; women's rights 3865 Advice for young people and cooking for education What would you--you have spoken to some to what I'm going to ask you--to young people? Ross says young people should spend time alone, be wary of media, and expose themselves to as many new experiences as possible. She talks about an upcoming dinner party where she will create a meal based on what slaves and poor sharecropper used to eat in the area. She describes the historical significance of the food she will serve, emphasizing science and historical education through cooking. Africa ; art ; creativity ; education ; Genetically modified organism (GMO) ; nutrition ; slavery ; television ; travel Oral History No transcript. Resources may be used under the guidelines described by the U.S. Copyright Office in Section 107, Title 17, United States Code (Fair use). Parties interested in production or commercial use of the resources should contact the Russell Library for a fee schedule. video 0 http://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL345GEOH/findingaid
Location
The location of the interview
Savannah, Georgia
Duration
Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.)
73 minutes
OHMS Object
Contains the OHMS link to the XML file within the OHMS viewer.
https://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL345GEOH-020/ohms
Repository
Name of repository the interview is from
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Interview with Sarah Ross, February 20, 2016
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
RBRL345GEOH-020
Creator
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Sarah Ross
Christian Lopez
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
video
oral histories
Subject
The topic of the resource
Women scientists
Applied ecology
Conservation
Nonprofit organizations
Wildlife conservation
Business enterprises
Description
An account of the resource
Sarah Ross is the Executive Director of the University of Georgia Center for Research and Education at Wormsloe in Savannah, Georgia. She is also the President of The Wormsloe Foundation and Executive Director of the Wormsloe Institute for Environmental History. Ross previously served as the director of education for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the national education coordinator for the National Marine Sanctuary Program. In this second interview, Ross further discusses her work with NOAA, involvement at Wormsloe, and her experience as a small business owner.
Date
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2016-02-20
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http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Type
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moving image
Coverage
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Georgia
OHMS