Amelia Hansen and Emily Wilke
Recorded
July 26, 2023
Archived
July 26, 2023
32:51 minutes
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Id:
mby022928
Description
Amelia Hansen (59) interviews her friend and former colleague Emily Wilke (42) about her time at Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy.Subject Log / Time Code
Emily (E) shares how she came to work at Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy (SMWLC) and talks about the work she did at the organization.
E describes one of the first projects she worked on at SWMLC.
E explains the steps involved in conserving land, from the first phone call to signing paperwork.
E reflects on what parts of the job were different than what she expected.
E says she did a lot of camping and outdoor activities growing up.
E says she was the lead for projects that conserved nearly 7,000 acres of lands during her career.
E shares a moment from work she is very proud of - conserving land at Prairieville Creek.
E says throughout her career she learned the importance of giving someone your time.
E recalls a client giving her a rock and telling her to keep it until she conserved the land.
E remembers funny moments from her time doing fieldwork.
E reflects further on her time at SWMLC. Amelia Hansen (A) says the covid-19 pandemic unfortunately changed the office culture.
E talks about how she went about building connections with all kinds of people.
E and A share closing thoughts.
Participants
- Amelia Hansen
- Emily Wilke