Texas Sierra Club Director Retiring
Photo by Conservation History Association of Texas/Courtesy of Ken Kramer
Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter Director Ken Kramer
Ken Kramer, director of the Sierra Club in Texas, announced today that he will be retiring this summer, according to a release from the group. He is the first director of the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club, a position he’s held since 1989.
The group says that Kramer “will remain active with the organization in various volunteer capacities, especially playing a leading role on water issues as Water Resources Chair for the state-level Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club.”
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“I’m extremely grateful for the opportunity that I’ve had to work as a professional on state environmental issues in Texas over such a long period of time,” said Kramer. “Moreover, I’ve been fortunate to have had the support of numerous colleagues who have a passionate commitment to protecting public health and the environment. The enviable position that I’m in now is that because the Sierra Club has built such a strong cadre of staff and volunteers in Texas I’m free to retire and focus as a volunteer on the issues I care about the most while also spending more time with my wife and enjoying the outdoors that I’ve tried to protect.”
“The management of our water resources is perhaps the most critical environmental issue facing Texas in the 21st century,” Kramer continued, “and I look forward to concentrating most of my volunteer time for the Sierra Club on that issue. We must protect and manage our state’s water as efficiently and effectively as possible to meet the needs of both people and the environment. I’m dedicated to achieving that goal.”
