Boundary Waters recreation area is threatened by toxic mining pollution
A giant Chilean mining conglomerate wants to mine near the Boundary Waters, threatening this beloved destination
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
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.
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.
Good News: Congressional attacks on policies protecting nature thwarted
Amendments to undermine the bipartisan Land and Water Conservation Fund and 100-year-old Antiquities Act were thwarted in Congress. But attempts to undermine efforts to protect public lands in CO, OR and MN are still moving forward.
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.