Brower, David Dean of the Modern Environmental Movement (1912–2000)

Pollution A to Z, October, 2005 by Dan Hamburg

Brower, David DEAN OF THE MODERN ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT (1912–2000)

Often called Earth's best friend, David Ross Brower built a fire under the environmental community and kept it stoked for more than half a century. Sound-bite genius, both gracious and fierce, Brower was a master organizer, and his story is the story of the modern environmental movement.

During seven decades of environmental activism, Brower helped transform the Sierra Club from a small, genteel group of hikers to a powerhouse political force and helped found more than thirty environmental groups, such as the mainstream League of Conservation Voters and Friends of the Earth.

Brower led successful campaigns to prevent dams in Dinosaur National Monument and the Grand Canyon, aided Howard...

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