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Fascinated by Trees

Clip: 9/26/1991 | 4m 56sVideo has Closed Captions

Fisher grew up in West Texas where his father worked for the oil company. His father...

Fisher grew up in West Texas where his father worked for the oil company. His father was a great influence on him and because of the lack of trees in West Texas, he grew to love trees. Fisher was interested in physics but saw a class opening up about plant genetics and took it. He became intrigued with it and he pursued a degree in Park Administration.

09/26/1991

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Common Area

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Clip: 9/26/1991 | 3m 21s | Fisher can't leave his job and worries at the door. This is his life. When parks are... (3m 21s)

Loving Parks to Death

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Clip: 9/26/1991 | 8m 13s | Fisher gets a great sense of peace seeing people enjoying the parks. The are a safe... (8m 13s)

Values of the Community

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Clip: 9/26/1991 | 6m 45s | Not having been back to West Texas since graduating, Fisher would like to see if some... (6m 45s)

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