Where is dave brower

After this compromise had been agreed upon, Mr. Brower went to see Glen Canyon. He had heard from those familiar with the area that Glen Canyon was a treasure worth preserving for future generations; he realized once he arrived that this was not a place for a reservoir.

He worked hard to stop Glen Canyon Dam from being completed and was only a few feet from the desk of decision makers the day the gates on the dam were closed, making one last attempt to keep the waters of the Colorado River from flooding the spectacular Glen Canyon. During this time he also befriended renowned nature photographer Ansel Adams, who would later inspire Brower to become a member of the Sierra Club. In he was hired as a clerk at Echo Lake Camp, one of three summer camps run by the city of Berkeley on the outskirts of Yosemite.

Here he ventured into the wilderness with guests of the camp, met other outdoor enthusiasts and had ample time in the off season to ascend peaks in the area. It was a guest at Echo Lake Camp who initially introduced Brower to the Sierra Club Bulletin, a publication that Brower read often and used as inspiration for trips into the mountains. In , after three years spent working at Echo Lake Camp, adventuring in the wilds and diligently reading back issues of the Bulletin, Brower became an official member of the Sierra Club.

A short two years later, in , he was hired as publicity manager for Yosemite National Park where he would work for the next six years, all the while becoming a more ardent and outspoken advocate for the protection of wild places. Throughout his adult life Brower has been credited with 70 first ascents of peaks around the United States. In he led the first successful climb of New Mexico's dangerous Shiprock. While his mountaineering accomplishments mounted, so did his ideals as an environmentalist.

Time spent in the wilderness fueled his passion for preserving it, and in Brower was elected to the Sierra Club Board of Directors. During this time he was also hired as an editor at the University of California Press.

Here he shared an office with his future wife Anne Hus. A year later he enlisted in the army as a mountaineering guide, training troops stationed in the Italian Alps during World War II. He proposed to Anne via mail after a brief courtship and the two were married during Brower's leave from the army on May 1, The couple built a home on Grizzly Peak in Berkeley, where Brower had led his mother on hikes as a child.

Here, the two raised their four children and resided for the entirety of their lives. Upon his return to California in after serving duty, Brower continued to work for the University Press and became editor for the Sierra Club Bulletin, the magazine that had inspired many of his outdoor trips in and around Yosemite. In he was employed as Executive Director of the Sierra Club. Brower's leadership during this time is considered to have been extreme and somewhat controversial.

Though membership grew from 2, to 77, during his seventeen year tenure, he was often thought of as militant and opinionated. Brower did however play an instrumental role in many of the organization's successes. Upset, however, at the failure of the club to prevent the construction of Glen Canyon Dam across the Colorado River in , Brower spent large amounts of time and money on the prevention of dam construction in the Grand Canyon. This included running a controversial full-page advertisement on the back of the New York Times calling for wide-scale opposition to the dam's construction.

Unfortunately, Brower's aggressive lobbying backfired and the Sierra Club lost its tax-deductible status in Two years later Brower was fired from his position as executive director. Widespread controversy did not deter him from his passion as an influential, albeit fiery, environmentalist and soon after losing his Sierra Club position he founded the environmental advocacy group Friends of the Earth and its sub-organization the League of Conservation Voters. Sign up for the latest environmental news and actions.

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