Ellen
Montgomery

Director, Public Lands Campaign, Environment America

Started on staff: 2001
B.A., Oberlin College
Ellen runs campaigns to protect America’s beautiful places, from local beachfronts to remote mountain peaks. She sits on the Steering Committee of the Arctic Defense Campaign and co-coordinates the Climate Forests Campaign. Ellen previously worked as the organizing director for Environment America’s Climate Defenders campaign and managed grassroots campaign offices across the country. 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
America’s Oldest Forests and Clean Drinking Water

Forests

America’s Oldest Forests and Clean Drinking Water

Forests, especially old, undisturbed ones, not only contribute to replenishing our groundwater but also act as the first source of filtration for streams, ponds, and reservoirs.

How Copper Mines Pollute

Toxic threats

How Copper Mines Pollute

Toxic chemicals associated with copper mines can pollute the environment, causing serious harm to plants, animals and people.

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