Interview with Mary E. Wharton, February 3, 1990

Interview Summary

Childhood-- youth-- and her early interest in botany-- Early years of teaching and research at Univ. of Michigan-- Univ. of Tenn-- Morehead State College-- Teaching biology at Georgetown College-- creation of Mary E. Wharton Nature Sanctuary at Floracliff-- her past in fight to save Red River Gorge-- John Sherman Cooper's greatness-- Reviving The Nature Conservancy in Ky.-- creation of land and Nature Trust of the Bluegrass-- Background to her guidebooks on wildflowers-- on trees and shrubs-- on Bluegrass horse industry-- on Bluegrass Hora-- fauna-- geology-- Decrease in blue ash burr oaks in Bluegrass-- Her past in fight to save Paris Pike-- Environmental science major at Georgetown College-- Destruction of stream life at Nature Sanctuary at Floracliff by Vulcan Materials.

Interview LC Subject

Conservation of natural resources Environmental protection Environmental protection--Kentucky Environmentalism Natural areas Wharton, Mary E., 1912- Wharton, Mary E., 1912- --Interviews

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