The Western Environmental Law Center uses the power of the law to safeguard the wildlife, wildlands, and communities of the American West.
We use a complete set of advocacy tools—including direct engagement with agencies, policy, litigation, and collaboration—to build, defend, and enforce a legal framework for conservation that is:
(1) Informed by science and economics;
(2) Rooted in and accountable to the West’s communities, wildlife, and special places;
(3) Cognizant of our reliance on the ecological systems that provide us with food, water, homes, and energy; and:
(4) Complementary to efforts that revitalize our civic and democratic institutions.
By using the full power of the law, we hope to secure our vision for the West: a region with thriving, resilient wildlands, waters, and wildlife; a region powered by clean, renewable energy; and communities that are rooted in an ethic of conservation.