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.
This country has an incredible legacy of protecting land, and we need to keep building on that
Posts by Ellen Montgomery
Wolverines could be the next endangered animal reintroduced in Colorado
The State of Colorado is considering the reintroduction of these furry creatures back into their native habitats of the Rocky Mountains.
Is logging allowed in national forests?
Spoiler: Trees are being logged every day in our national forests
Old-growth trees at risk in Kentucky
This logging project will harm old-growth trees, including the world’s oldest documented short leaf pine
Protecting California’s wild desert, Chuckwalla Bench
The Chuckwalla National Monument would create a continuous wildlife corridor from Joshua Tree into Arizona, protecting this unique desert ecosystem from development.