Career
In 1989, as public pressure continued to build, the dump was permanently shut down. The site was later administered by the Environmental Protection Agency and remains on the list of Superfund sites in California. Buck began writing about environmental issues for the New York Times Special Feature Syndicate and national publications like "East" Magazine, including in-depth interviews with David R. Brower and other environmental leaders.
He combined his expertise in journalism and multimedia production in 1997, working on President Bill Clinton"s official Inauguration Day webcast in Washington, District of Columbia. Buck"s credits in professional television and film production include the Music Television environmental documentary Connect (1997), the film Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), the Public Broadcasting Service series Remaking American Medicine (2006) and The Story of Stuff animated series.
In 2013, Buck published a book about San Francisco, California documenting unique aspects of the city and he writes for and publishes a website profiling America"s National Trails System.
