Stuart Henry

Region: Hill Country

Topics: Law, Litigation, Water rights, Edwards Aquifer, Pollution, Non-profits


Stuart Henry began his environmental career in positions with the Harris County Air Pollution Control Department, the San Jacinto chapter of the American Lung Association, and the City of Austin's Environmental Program. In more recent years, he has worked as the lead attorney for the firm of Henry, Lowerre, Johnson and Frederick, an Austin-based partnership that specializes in representing public interest groups and landowners in environmental cases. Mr. Henry is particularly well-known for his work on water-related cases, such as Sierra vs. Babbit, the controversy involving protection of endangered species dependent on the Edwards Aquifer regime. He has also been active in dealing with confined feeding operations, the intensive livestock businesses which have been connected with nuisance odors and downstream water pollution problems.
 

Interviewed

June 18, 1999
Austin, Texas
Reels 2007 and 2008

Collected additional interview

January 10, 1979