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Northern Rockies

About Our Work

The Northern Rockies region offers a last glimpse of wild lands and wildlife that have been eliminated from most of the world. Grizzly bears and gray wolves roam the spectacular wilderness of Yellowstone and Glacier national parks, while the majestic Teton Range towers above herds of wild elk and bison. Our Northern Rockies office protects the region's natural resources by safeguarding sensitive wildlife species and their habitats and challenging harmful coal and natural gas developments.

 

Quick Facts

Year opened: 1993
Appeals court: Ninth Circuit

 

Office Information

313 East Main Street
Bozeman, MT 59715
(406) 586-9699
nroffice @earthjustice.org

Managing Attorney
Timothy Preso

Attorneys
Laura Beaton
Kristin Carden
Jenny Harbine
Adrienne Maxwell

Litigation Assistant
Jessica Hann

Litigation Assistant/Office Manager
Cindy Hsin-Pei Napoli

Press Contact
John McManus


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Office Spotlight

The "Crown of the Continent" ecosystem is one of the largest undeveloped landscapes remaining in the country, containing some of the most spectacular scenery and intact wildlife populations in the United States. But climate change is now dramatically altering this region, one of America's last wild places.  Read more.

The Latest

EPA Fails To Address Deadly Coal Mine Pollution
EPA’s do-nothing approach threatens climate, public health and welfare, groups allege
Groups Appeal Fracking Chemical Case to Wyoming Supreme Court
Public interest organizations are seeking disclosure of chemicals that are injected underground
Winning One for the Wolverine
Managing Attorney Tim Preso isn’t likely to square off against a grizzly bear—as wolverines do—but he’s figured out how to use the persistence and determination of a wolverine to keep it from going extinct in the continental United States.
Challenging Montana's Weak Wildlife Protections on State Trust Lands

Conservation groups, represented by Earthjustice. have filed a legal challenge to federal approval of a state forest management plan in Montana that threatens grizzly bears and bull trout. Both species are protected under the federal Endangered Species Act.

Suit Filed Challenging Montana’s Weak Wildlife Protections on State Trust Lands
State Habitat Conservation Plan approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service fails to adequately protect threatened bull trout and grizzly bears
Down to Earth: Keeping the Wolverine Wild
After more than a decade of litigation, the federal government has finally proposed to protect wolverines as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. Down to Earth speaks with Douglas H. Chadwick, a wildlife biologist and journalist who wrote the book The Wolverine Way.
Teleconference: Protecting Wyoming's Wolves
Tim Preso, managing attorney of the Earthjustice Northern Rockies office, has been working to defend the wolf population in the region for more than a decade. In a teleconference, he discusses the background, history and perspective to Earthjustice’s decades-long fight to protect the endangered gray wolf.
Challenging the Flawed EPA Air Pollution Plan for "Scenic Landscape" States
Conservation and public health groups seeking to restore clear skies over some of our nation’s most scenic landscapes have filed a challenge with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit in Denver against plans approved by the Environmental Protection Agencythat allow coal-fired power plants in Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming to escape federal requirements to reduce their emissions of haze-causing pollutants. The exemptions are being challenged by HEAL Utah, National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA), Powder River Basin Resource Council, and Sierra Club, represented by Earthjustice.