{"id":3422,"date":"2014-06-27T22:44:20","date_gmt":"2014-06-27T22:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/?p=3422"},"modified":"2022-02-18T20:06:43","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T20:06:43","slug":"auerbach-to-gore-1968-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/2014\/06\/auerbach-to-gore-1968-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Auerbach to Gore, 1968"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"775\" src=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/history-preprod\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2014\/04\/1971..-Stanley-Auerbach4x5.jpg\" alt=\"Profile image of Stanley Auerbach in a coat and tie.\" class=\"wp-image-1524 img-fluid\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2014\/04\/1971..-Stanley-Auerbach4x5.jpg 600w, https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2014\/04\/1971..-Stanley-Auerbach4x5-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2014\/04\/1971..-Stanley-Auerbach4x5-300x388.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Stanley Irving Auerbach 1921-2004<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Not only do we object to the dam as scientists and conservationists, but we also object to it as taxpayers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ESA Secretary Stanley Auerbach wrote to Tennessee Senator Albert Gore in 1968 about plans to construct a dam on the Cumberland River in the Devil\u2019s Jump area. Attached was a strongly worded letter to the Corps of Engineers expressing ESA\u2019s condemnation of this plan. (Stanley Auerbach papers).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>From the ESA Archives<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Auerbach-to-Gore-1968.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the complete letters here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not only do we object to the dam as scientists and conservationists, but we also object to it as taxpayers. ESA Secretary Stanley Auerbach wrote to Tennessee Senator Albert Gore in 1968 about plans to construct a dam on the Cumberland River in the Devil\u2019s Jump area. Attached was a strongly worded letter to the Corps of Engineers expressing ESA\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11104,"featured_media":1524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[149],"tags":[35,37],"class_list":["post-3422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives","tag-archive-highlights","tag-archives"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}