Interview with Eric Wagner, July 11, 2023
Project: Peace Corps: The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Eric Wagner served as a Peace Corps Aquaculture volunteer in the Dominican Republic from 1983-1986. Originally from Rochester, NY he was working at the Division of Wildlife in Colorado when he applied to the Peace Corps. Initial training was near Fort Pierce in Florida and emphasized technical aquaculture training. After arriving in-country, training consisted of language and culture. His first site was in Las Cabuyas where he worked on a shrimp farming project with the NGO CARE. Due to challenges in the management of the project, it was shut down. He then moved to Bayaguana for his second year where he taught aquaculture at the Universidad Central Del Este, extending his service for six months to finish out the school year. Upon returning to the US he got his graduate degree in Fisheries Science from the University of Idaho and has continued working in aquaculture in Delaware, Oregon and Utah, where he currently lives.Interview Accession
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Aquaculture Volunteer Dominican Republic 1983-1986 (dates of Service) Rochester, NY Morrisville Junior College CO Division of Wildlife Colorado State University Fort Collins Robert Behnke Fort Pierce, FL Virginia Polytechnic Pension Malecon Peace Corps Training Pico Duarte La Vega Las Cabuyas Water supply Shrimp farm Artificial feed Corruption Bayaguana Universidad Central del Este Violin Guitar CARE Noe Grullon Motorcycle Haitian frontier Tilapia Tarantula Spanish Samana Ecuador Peru University of Idaho Fisheries Research Smolts physiology Columbia River system Smolt monitoring Fisheries Experiment Station Aquatic Invasive Species Western Aquaculture Consortium Nicaragua Cueva de InfernoInterview Rights
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Wagner, Eric Interview by Sonia Desai. 11 Jul. 2023. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Wagner, E. (2023, July 11). Interview by S. Desai. Peace Corps: The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Wagner, Eric, interview by Sonia Desai. July 11, 2023, Peace Corps: The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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