Lee Wilson Collection 1956-1989 (bulk 1961-1972)

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Lee Wilson Collection 1956-1989 (bulk 1961-1972)

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt2p30243d

Papers of San Luis Obispo environmental activist Lee Wilson, including correspondence, research notes and materials, and photographs, primarily relating to the founding and early years of Santa Lucia Chapter of the Sierra Club, the creation of the Santa Lucia Wilderness Area, and other watchdog efforts in San Luis Obispo County, California, donated by the family to The Environmental Archives of San Luis Obispo County in 1994.

3 Paige containers (13 linear feet)

Special Collections, Robert E. Kennedy Library

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Wilson, Lee, 1904-1989

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Lee Wilson (1904-1989) was a San Luis Obispo environmental activist and conservationist. In the 1960s and 1970s Wilson was active in leading grassroots efforts to influence local and federal environmental policy. He led successful campaigns on a number of environmental issues, most notably designation and use of wilderness areas and worked to ban the use of off-road vehicles in local wilderness areas. He worked closely with Harold Miossi on the creation of the Santa Lucia Wilderness Area. ...