{"id":530,"date":"2012-06-15T01:01:18","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T01:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/researchbdev.wpengine.com\/androscoggin-river-in-time-and-place\/?p=530"},"modified":"2019-05-26T14:24:54","modified_gmt":"2019-05-26T14:24:54","slug":"neil-ward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/androscoggin-river-in-time-and-place\/oral-histories\/neil-ward\/","title":{"rendered":"Neil Ward"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_532\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-532\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-532\" title=\"Neil Ward\" src=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/androscoggin-river-in-time-and-place\/files\/2012\/05\/neil-ward.jpg\" alt=\"Neil Ward\" width=\"300\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/androscoggin-river-in-time-and-place\/files\/2012\/05\/neil-ward.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/androscoggin-river-in-time-and-place\/files\/2012\/05\/neil-ward-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/androscoggin-river-in-time-and-place\/files\/2012\/05\/neil-ward-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/androscoggin-river-in-time-and-place\/files\/2012\/05\/neil-ward-250x251.jpg 250w, https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/androscoggin-river-in-time-and-place\/files\/2012\/05\/neil-ward-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-532\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Neil Ward, with his son, Ambrose<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Neil, a forth-generation Androscoggin River Valley resident, was born and raised in Greene, near Lewiston and Auburn. He and many of his family worked in the region\u2019s textile and shoe mills. Neil pursued his long-standing interests in environmental politics and science at Unity College. After graduating in 2000, he worked for Maine Rivers and the Natural Resource Council of Maine. In 2004, he became the founding program director of the Androscoggin River Alliance, an environmental non-profit based in Lewiston dedicated to working for &#8220;a healthy river, good jobs, and strong community.&#8221; Neil lives with his family in Leeds, Maine.<\/p>\n<p>Interview conducted on August 10, 2010 in Brunswick, Maine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>External links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"http:\/\/cleanandroscoggin.org\/\" href=\"http:\/\/cleanandroscoggin.org\/\">Androscoggin River Alliance <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"http:\/\/mainerivers.org\/\" href=\"http:\/\/mainerivers.org\/\">Maine Rivers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Audio: <\/strong>click titles below to begin listening<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"mp3jWrap_0\" class=\"mjp-s-wrapper s-graphic unsel-mjp  verdana-mjp\" style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span id=\"playpause_wrap_mp3j_0\" class=\"wrap_inline_mp3j\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"><span class=\"gfxbutton_mp3j play-mjp\" id=\"playpause_mp3j_0\" style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"group_wrap\"><span class=\"bars_mp3j\"><span class=\"loadB_mp3j\" id=\"load_mp3j_0\"><\/span><span class=\"posbarB_mp3j\" id=\"posbar_mp3j_0\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"T_mp3j\" id=\"T_mp3j_0\" style=\"font-size:14px;\">1. Earliest memories of the Androscoggin<span> - Interview Excerpt #1<\/span><\/span><span class=\"indi_mp3j\" style=\"font-size:9.8px;\" id=\"statusMI_0\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><span class=\"s-nosolution\" id=\"mp3j_nosolution_0\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><script>\nMP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_0 = [\n\t{ name: \"1. 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