Help protect the Tongass, Earth’s largest temperate rainforest
The Tongass is a wild, untamed Alaskan forest, home to wildlife from flying squirrels to endangered wolves. But the Tongass is also in great danger.
Ellen
Montgomery
Director, Great Outdoors 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.
Posts by Ellen Montgomery
Plum Island: A Hidden Gem of Natural and Historical Significance
Plum Island, located off the coast of Long Island, New York, is a remarkable sanctuary of natural beauty and rich history.
Tell Home Depot: Protect the boreal forest
The majestic trees of the boreal forest are being cut down at a shocking rate—and many end up on a shelf at Home Depot. We’re calling on them to stop.
What are the benefits of urban trees in cities?
Urban trees are good for people and wildlife. They keep us healthy and make us happy.
Why Alaska’s NPR-A, site of the Willow Project, deserves protection
There’s a lot of important wildlife habitat in the area where the Willow project is located. In April, 2024 the Department of the Interior acted to protect it.