{"id":3485,"date":"2014-06-28T20:43:44","date_gmt":"2014-06-29T03:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/?p=3485"},"modified":"2022-02-18T17:08:59","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T17:08:59","slug":"rep-blackburn-to-esa-president-deevey-1970","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/2014\/06\/rep-blackburn-to-esa-president-deevey-1970\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Blackburn to ESA President Deevey, 1970"},"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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"635\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/history-preprod\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2014\/04\/1969-Ed-Deevey-4x6-1-635x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait image of Ed Deevey\" class=\"wp-image-1523 img-fluid\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2014\/04\/1969-Ed-Deevey-4x6-1-635x1024.jpg 635w, https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2014\/04\/1969-Ed-Deevey-4x6-1-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2014\/04\/1969-Ed-Deevey-4x6-1-768x1238.jpg 768w, https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2014\/04\/1969-Ed-Deevey-4x6-1-300x484.jpg 300w, https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2014\/04\/1969-Ed-Deevey-4x6-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><figcaption>Edward Deevey Jr., 1914-1988<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Ben Blackburn wrote to ESA President Ed Deevey in 1970 in connection with upcoming hearings on wildlife conservation. His letter reveals that he only recently became aware of ESA and its interests. (Stanley Auerbach papers).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I have written two articles regarding the need to preserve streams in the United States from the adverse effects of stream channelization as carried out by the Soil Conservation Service\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\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\/Blackburn-to-Deevey-1970.pdf\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rep. Blackburn to Deevey, stream channelization, 1970<\/a><br>See more <a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/archives\/highlights-from-esa-archives\/\">Highlights from the ESA Archives<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Ben Blackburn wrote to ESA President Ed Deevey in 1970 in connection with upcoming hearings on wildlife conservation. His letter reveals that he only recently became aware of ESA and its interests. (Stanley Auerbach papers). I have written two articles regarding the need to preserve streams in the United States from the adverse effects of stream channelization as carried&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11104,"featured_media":1523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[149],"tags":[35,37],"class_list":["post-3485","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\/3485","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=3485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}