Hollinswood Ranch Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Marilyn Polson
Publication Date
2-21-2024
Abstract
Dave Bowman, whose worked with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and later Florida state agencies, spanned the planning, discusses his professional career and his experiences planning, partially constructing, managing, and cessation of the Cross Florida Barge Canal project. The interview traces Bowman's entry into the Corps in the late sixties, his progression from field ranger to resource manager, and his long-term involvement with environmental management, hydrology, and public land stewardship across north and central Florida. Bowman provides first hand obserbations of landscape transformations, infrastructure remnants, community impacts, and evolving environmental policy in Florida.
Keywords
Water resources development, Environmental management--Florida, Water quality--Florida, River--Environmental aspects--Florida, Public works, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Conservation of natural resources--Florida, Infrastructure--Environmental impacts--Florida
Extent
01:43:47; 78 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Dunnellon (Fla.), Marion County (Fla.), Cross Florida Barge Canal (Fla.), Ocklawaha River (Fla.)
Language
English
Type
Oral History
Media Type
Audio; Text
Identifier
hollinswood_ohp-1012
Recommended Citation
Bowman, David and Hollins, Dixie, "David Bowman Oral History Interview" (2024). Hollinswood Ranch Oral History Project. 12.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/hollinswood_ohp/12
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