Michael McCloskey recently retired as Chairman of the Sierra Club, but remains active on behalf of national environmental issues. He is currently a trustee of the Sierra Club Foundation and has recently served as President of the Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs.
In an age when many of the major environmental policies established over the past four decades are under siege, Michael McCloskey reminds us of better days. . .days when conservation initiatives were seen not as political lightning rods, but as opportunities to cope with disturbing threats to the quality of our environment.