Steve Frishman

Las Vegas, Nevada | Advocate

In 1969, Mr. Frishman received his Master’s in Geology while studying at the Marine Science Institute, a branch of the University of Texas sited on Mustang Island. Living on the Gulf, he developed a strong interest in Texas coastal issues. His concern for the coast played out in his work as a publisher of a paper, The South Jetty, as a volunteer with the Texas Environmental Coalition, as a member of the Texas Coastal and Marine Council, as a panelist with the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, and as a consultant with a firm, Coastal Resources Management. Topics at the time included hurricane preparedness, port development, channel dredging, fishery management and wetland protection. During the 1980s, his work grew more involved with nuclear waste, dealing with disposal proposals for East Texas salt domes or Panhandle salt beds through positions at the Bureau of Economic Geology, Texas Energy and Natural Resources Advisory Council, and the Governor’s General Counsel. As the Texas high-level waste disposal sites were rejected, Mr. Frishman’s efforts took him in 1987 to Nevada, where he has worked since in analyzing and critiquing Yucca Mountain disposal applications.