In 1997, Brower was one of the original signatories of the Sierra Club ballot measure in favor of reducing immigration to stop U.S. population growth. He later withdrew his name, because as a member of the Sierra Club board of directors at the time, it conflicted with the board s official position. However, he never endorsed Ballot Question B, put forth by the board in explicit opposition to Ballot Question A, the immigration-reduction measure. And immediately after the vote, he spoke out against the board s position. The leadership are fooling themselves.
Overpopulation is a very serious problem, and overimmigration is a big part of it.
We must address both. In a dramatic gesture reflecting the depth of his disenchantment from the board of the organization to which he had dedicated so much of his life, David Brower resigned from the Sierra Club board of directors in May, 2000. It has to be addressed. And under this scenario, which, incredibly, assumes lower net immigration in 2100 than at present, the U.S. population would still be adding more people annually in 2100 than now. The silence was deafening.