Title: David E. Pesonen, Attorney and activist for the environment, 1962- 1992
Description: David Pesonen discusses his childhood, his education at the University of California, Berkeley School of Forestry, and the Law School (Boalt Hall). Then he elaborates on various environment issues, including Bodega Bay and Harbor and the Nuclear Power Plant proposed there by Pacific Gas & Electric, the Nuclear Safeguards Act, forestry management under Governor Jerry Brown, being General Manager of the East Bay Regional Park District; his representation of the Sierra Club, and mediating disputes btetween the Sierra Club and the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, as well as his legal career at Garry, Dreyfus, McTernan, and Brotsky, and being Superior Court Judge of Contra Costa County.
Subjects: Environmental policy, Nuclear power plants, Nuclear energy, Law and legislation, Forests and forestry, Lawyers, Interviews, Environmentalists, Judges, Environmental conditions, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Sierra Club, Sierra Club. Legal Defense Fund, Garry, Dreyfus, McTernan, and Brotsky
Places: East Bay Regional Park District (Calif.), California, Bodega Bay, Bodega Bay (Calif. : Bay), Point Arena (Calif.)