What is a National Monument?
How is a monument different from a national park or other protected land?
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. 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.
Posts by Ellen Montgomery
A bill to protect the Ruby Mountains
Senator Cortez Masto's bill will protect 450,000 acres of forest in Nevada from oil and gas drilling
How Amazon can sell toilet paper without destroying forests
The boreal forest is being logged to make toilet paper for some of the world’s largest tissue brands, including Amazon
Which big toilet paper brands are best for our forests?
Amazon, Costco, Walmart and other major toilet paper brands can and should do more to prevent forest degradation
How old forests help fight climate change
Ever wondered exactly how trees (especially old ones) keep our climate healthy and stable? The answer is in their unparalleled ability to store carbon — just one of the many reasons we need to protect our nation’s forests.