Abstract
John Debo is Superintendent of Cuyahoga Valley National Park. He talks about the influence of Earth Day and the environmental movement on his decision to seek a job in the National Park Service. He arrived to take a summer job at what was then the Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area having never visited. He discusses the state of the park in the 1970s and the work done there in the 1970s-90s. He discusses the Towpath Trail, Environmental Education Center, the formation and early work of the Cuyahoga Valley Association (later CVNPA), how the Ohio and Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor came to be designated by Congress, and connections to the First Ladies Library and James A. Garfield National Historic Site.
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Interviewee
Debo, John (interviewee)
Interviewer
Grindell, Karen (interviewer)
Project
Rivers Roads and Rails 2008
Date
6-23-2008
Document Type
Oral History
Duration
72 minutes
Recommended Citation
"John Debo interview, 23 June 2008" (2008). Cleveland Regional Oral History Collection. Interview 517028.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/crohc000/782
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