Sierra Club outings, 1950s; club board of directors, 1960s: controversies over executive director David Brower, Diablo Canyon power plant; club presidency, 1969-1971:
staff-volunteer relations, determining policies on population control, nuclear power, oil pollution; Sierra Club Foundation; legal action program, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund and key lawsuits; political endorsements and campaigning, Sierra Club Committee on Political Education; state Board of Forestry, 1973-1984: Henry Vaux, redwood park issue, forest practices rules.
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Title
Phillip S. Berry: Sierra Club Leader, 1960s-1980s: A Broadened Agenda, A Bold Approach
Note
Berry, Phillip S. "Phillip S. Berry: Sierra Club Leader, 1960s-1980s: A Broadened Agenda, A Bold Approach." Interview by Ann Lage in 1981 and 1984. Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1988. Interview date(s) 1981
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