 As the head of Friends of Whiskey Island, Hauser fought to protect the last piece of natural shoreline in Cleveland.Hauser collected signatures for petitions, represented the public interest at hundreds of commission meetings and other events.He spent his personal funds, including from his retirement plan, as part of a campaign from 1998 to 2005 to preserve of Whiskey Island as a park while blocking the expansion plans of the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority.