Ellen
Montgomery
Director, Public Lands Campaign, Environment America Research & Policy Center
Started on staff: 2001
B.A., Oberlin College
Ellen runs campaigns to protect America’s beautiful places, from local beachfronts to remote mountain peaks. Prior to her current role, Ellen worked as the organizing director for Environment America’s Climate Defenders campaign. Ellen lives in Denver, where she likes to hike in Colorado’s mountains.
This country has an incredible legacy of protecting land, and we need to keep building on that
Posts by Ellen Montgomery
Old-growth trees are being logged in Wisconsin
Some of the cut trees are likely 140 years old
Protecting California’s wild desert, Chuckwalla Bench
The Chuckwalla National Monument would create a continuous wildlife corridor from Joshua Tree into Arizona, protecting this unique desert ecosystem from development.
What and where is the Dolores River and why is it important?
Colorado's Dolores River is critically important for both wildlife and people
Biden administration announces plan to protect old-growth forests
Most U.S. old-growth forests have been logged, many of oldest remaining trees open to logging