It is with heavy heart that we share news of the passing of George Pettit.
George was a major factor in the Sierra Club in the 1970s in the Dallas - Fort Worth Group and the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club. Using his set designer art skills, he built a large exhibit to move in his station wagon that showed the "Vanishing Wilderness of Texas." The Lone Star Chapter was spearheading what became a national movement to promote designation of a Wilderness Area for the new Guadalupe Mountains National Park, National Wild River Designation for the Rio Grande River along the Texas Mexico border, and National Park Status for Texas' Big Thicket. He set up and showed his exhibit all over Texas. The exhibit was so outstanding that the National Sierra Club gave recognition to the fine work. They had George do similar exhibits for other endeavors in California once he moved there.
Click here for George's obituary in The Mercury News.