Executive director of the Sierra Club, 1987-1992
By: Michael L. Fischer ; with an introduction by Susan D. Merrow ; interviews conducted by Ann Lage in 1992 and 1993, Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Contributors: Merrow, Susan D.; Lage, Ann.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 1997
Subjects: Fischer, Michael L. 1940-; Sierra Club.; California Coastal Commission.; California. Office of Planning and Research.; Sierra Club. Legal Defense Fund.; Environmentalists -- California -- Interviews.; Environmental protection -- United States.; Environmental justice -- United States.; Arctic regions.; California Desert National Conservation Area (Calif.)
Genres: Interviews.
Other titles: Sierra Club Oral history series.
Description: Michael L. Fischer discusses his family and childhood; his work with the California Coastal Commission and with Governor Jerry Brown's Office of Planning and Research, 1973-1985; managing the Sierra Club as Director, finances and fund-raising, the Arctic, the California Desert, relations with Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, lobbying in Washington, D.C., and fostering local Sierra Club groups and chapters.