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The Watercourse Podcast Transcripts

Skuyler Herzog, Ph.D. · 3 episodes with transcripts

A podcast about flowing waters and how they are used, studied, and valued. Please consider supporting if you are able: https://www.patreon.com/thewatercourse Produced and hosted by Skuyler Herzog, Ph.D.

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Chelsea Schneider on the Bend Whitewater Park

October 2, 2020

Skuyler Herzog (0:00)

Welcome to The Watercourse. I'm your host, Skuyler Herzog. This is episode 3, featuring Chelsea Schneider. Chelsea is a landscape architect in Bend, Oregon, and she's one of the designers of the Bend Whitewater Park. Personally, I'm fascinated by Whitewater Parks, because they're at the interface of recreation and…

It's so important to articulate the specific goals of a project and the values behind them, otherwise we'll never achieve those goals.

Chelsea Schneider (2:05)

Sure thing. Early on, Bend developed as a timber town, and so they utilized the river extensively for logging, for transportation.

And over time, Bend has evolved to transition out of timber and into recreation. And so the river has continued to be the backbone of what draws people to the area. It's a recreation opportunity. It's a beautiful stretch of river that the city wraps itself around.

Skuyler Herzog (2:40)

Yeah, it seems like, you know, it's such an important cultural piece for modern citizens of Bend. And it's interesting to look at how the new ethic of environmental protection and conservation and recreation compares with the past in terms of extraction and really manipulation of the environment for human use. And…

We're now floating inner tubes instead of logs on that pond, right?

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