
Bills to protect more nature in New Mexico
These three bills aim to protect public lands so they can be enjoyed by wildlife and people for years to come.
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.
These three bills aim to protect public lands so they can be enjoyed by wildlife and people for years to come.
A new national monument near Las Cruces would protect critical wildlife habitat and unique recreation areas.
We need to protect our old-growth and mature trees, or we could lose some of the most diverse and healthy ecosystems on the planet.
We need financial institutions like Bank of America to stop financing deforestation and help protect the biodiversity of our tropical rainforests.
Every uranium mine ever operated in the United States has required toxic waste cleanup. We can’t let destructive, toxic mining operations destroy this precious desert monument.