Marc Reisner (1948 - July 21, 2000) was an American environmentalist and writer best known for his groundbreaking book Cadillac Desert, a history of water management in the American West.

He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and graduated from Earlham College. He then worked as a staff writer and director of communications for the Natural Resources Defense Council. In 1979 he received an Alicia Patterson Journalism Fellowship , which enabled him to focus on research and writing for Cadillac Desert, which was first published in 1986.

He went to write additional books and helped developed a PBS documentary on the subject of water management.

Reisner died of cancer in 2000 at his home in San Anselmo, California.

Books

• Cadillac Desert (1986, revised 1993)
• Overtapped Oasis: Reform or Revolution for Western Water (with Sarah Bates ) (1990)
• Game Wars: The Undercover Pursuit of Wildlife Poachers (1992)
• A Dangerous Place: California's Unsettling Fate (Images of America) (2003)

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• an obituary