Rocky Mountains

The Rocky Mountains stretch more than 4,827 km (3,000 mi) from Alaska and Canada to New Mexico. The system includes numerous ranges and forms the Continental Divide. The Rockies are home to numerous plants and wildlife, many imperiled, including the Canada lynx and grey wolf. WildEarth Guardians’ work is focused in the southern Rockies from Wyoming into New Mexico protecting wild places, wildlife and plants from logging, oil and gas, mining, domestic livestock and off-highway vehicles.

These mythic mountains, once the home of grizzly bear and wolves, are being rapidly tamed for human settlement and recreation. Our vision for the southern Rockies includes an acceptance of natural processes such as wildland fire, which regulates and rejuvinates ecosystems. WildEarth Guardians believes that humans can and must live safely and sustainably in this region in harmony with its inherent natural processes.

WildEarth Guardians is working with local, regional, and national conservation organizations to identify, protect and restore the critical core wild areas of the Southern Rockies as well as the important corridors for movement of wide-ranging wildlife. We hope to pass on this wild legacy to future generations more intact than we find it now.