It was heartening to see the renewed push for a proposed environmental rights amendment to the Oregon Bill of Rights, (“Movement launched to add environmental rights amendment to Oregon Constitution,” March 26).

There was a serious effort in Oregon in the 1990s to establish a such constitutional amendment, led by William Boyer, a retired professor living near Bend. The amendment was to ensure a sustainable and healthy environment for future generations.

It was a group effort that I helped with. Boyer spoke to the Portland City Club and had op-eds published in The Oregonian. The proposed amendment went before the Oregon Senate in 1993.

If Boyer had succeeded, there would be a Ken Burns documentary of this project, but we are not so blessed.

John Miller, Portland

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