12 Facts About Huey Johnson

Huey Johnson was an American environmentalist, noted as a prolific organizer of NGOs.

At age nine, Johnson moved with his family to Lansing, where his father worked in a General Motors assembly plant, and Huey was able to spend a lot of time outdoors.

Huey Johnson's mother acquainted him with the local Carnegie Library.

Huey Johnson worked in a travelling sales position for Union Carbide, based first in San Francisco and later in Denver.

Huey Johnson worked as a seasonal biologist for the California Department of Fish and Game, and afterwards for Alaska Department of Fish and Game.

Huey Johnson founded the Grand Canyon Trust and the Environmental Liaison Center, in Nairobi.

Huey Johnson was appointed secretary for the California Natural Resources Agency with the approval of the California State Senate, during Jerry Brown's first administration.

Huey Johnson publicly explained that, during his tenure, he valued opportunities to socialize informally with those who objected to parameters he put forward.

Huey Johnson was known for introducing Green Plans, an integrated approach to protecting and managing natural resources, to the United States.

Huey Johnson had travelled to Norway in the late 1980s where he developed a keen interest in green plans; the Norwegians told him he'd do better to study what had been accomplished with these in the Netherlands.

Huey Johnson founded the Resource Renewal Institute, in 1983, whose role is advocating for strategies for attaining environmental sustainability.

Huey Johnson believed that green plans could contribute to managing climate change.