Willard (Bill )E. Nelson oral history interview as conducted by Jerry Grover. Worked in following locations in Oregon in either the field or in the office: Bend, Portland, Coos Bay, Vanport, Columbia River, Klamath River. Also spent some time in...
Rat Island in the western Aleutians got infested with rats in 1780 when a Japanese sailing ship went aground. It may have been an important seabird colony, but little bird life now exists. Rats in large numbers still persist on Rat Island by ...