About Brock Evans

Brock is an advocate, a writer, a lecturer, and a lawyer; but above all, Brock is an environmentalist. He is currently the president of the Endangered Species Coalition. He lives in Washington DC with his wife, Linda Garcia, and their dog Sparky.

Brock earned a bachelor’s in history (cum laude) from Princeton University, and a Ll. B. from the University of Michigan Law School.

He served the U.S. Marine Corps (Infantry) from 1959-1961 and the U.S. Army Reserve (Engineers) for the next four years.

Advocate

Through his work with environmental organizations, Brock has testified orally well over 100 times before nearly two dozen US Congressional committees and subcommittees, and has provided them with written comments on hundreds of other occasions. In 2000, the Environment Committee of the Canadian House of Commons (Ottawa) invited him to testify regarding the proposed “Species at Risk Act.”

In Washington State, Brock was one of the leaders in securing successful passage of several initiatives, including the Washington State Shorelines Act; Washington trails legislation; State Environmental Quality Act; North Cascades National Park; Glacier Peak, Pasayten, Boulder River, Alpine Lakes, Salmo, Wenaha-Tucannon, and Norse Peak Wildernesses; and Mt. St. Helens National Monument; among others.

U.S. News and World Report and Fortune Magazine named Brock one of the top lobbyists in Washington D.C. in 1977 and 1982, respectively.

Brock was a democratic candidate for U.S. Congress 1^st District in 1983 and 1984 (N. Seattle & Suburbs). Although he didn’t win, he did receive 110,000 of 230,000 votes cast. His campaign manager, Maria Cantwell, is now a US Senator.

Lawyer

Brock has practiced law with two firms in Seattle. He is a member of both the Washington State and Washington D.C. Bar Associations.

Lecturer

In 1990, Brock was a Visiting Fellow at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, Institute of Politics, where he taught a course on “Politics of the Environment”.

Eight years later, he went to the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, in Israel, to teach courses on International Environmental Law, and Politics of the Environment, to Arabs and Jews together at this pioneering educational institution.

In addition, Brock has lectured at dozens of universities across the country, including Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Tufts, and even outside the country at the Russian Far Eastern State University in Vladivostock.

In addition to university lectures, Brock has given around 600-700 speeches over course of his career (and counting). Six of his speeches were deemed important enough to be reprinted in Vital Speeches of the Day, a national publication.

Environmentalist

Brock has worked for and with several different environmental causes, from the Sierra Club to the National Audubon Society. He has worked to create many of these organizations, such as the Idaho Environmental Council, the Yukon Conservation Society, and the Hells Canyon Protection Council.

He has won many honors for his environmental work, including:

• Compton “River Hero” Award (top award) River Network 2010
• Outstanding Conservation Leadership Award, Wilburforce Foundation, 2008
• Creation of annual “Brock Evans Award,” for outstanding work to protect endangered species (established by Endangered Species Coalition) 2007
• Thoreau Annual Distinguished Lectureship, Thoreau Center, Concord MA, 2006
• Chairman’s Award for Lifetime Achievement, Natural Resources Council of America, 2003
• Fighter for the Environment Award, Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs, 2002
• Lifetime Achievement Award, League of Conservation Voters, 2002
• Outstanding Leadership in Creation of Hells Canyon National Recreation Area, (from Hells Canyon Preservation Council), 2001
• John Muir Award (highest award) Sierra Club 1981
• Environmentalist of the Year Award, Washington State Environmental Council, 1972