Environmentalist Brower Quits Sierra Club Board. For those who follow environmental politics, the name of David Brower is among the most venerable. He led the Sierra Club in the ’50’s and ’60’s, was removed from its leadership in 1969 because of his contentiousness; remained contentious elsewhere in environmental advocacy through the ’70’s and rejoined the Sierra Club in 1983. Now he’s lambasting the Sierra Club for backing governmental proposals for usage of the Sierras, and for not coming out strongly against increased immigration to the US, which has recently been his bete noir. “I find going to the meetings is, frankly, a total waste of

time,” Brower said in a recent interview. “They practically discuss nothing

about conservation. You just get layers and layers and layers of

bureaucracy.” The Sierra Club shrugs off his criticism and his departure.