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Historical Client List

Since 1993 The Western Environmental Law Center has worked with over 250 grassroots conservation organizations, coalitions, citizens, municipalities, and Indian tribes to safeguard our nation's environment. Our clients, past and present, are listed below.

Clients in 2007:

1000 Friends of New Mexico
3EStrategies
Abigail Johnson
Alliance for the Wild Rockies
Amargosa Citizens for the Environment
American Lands Alliance
American Rivers
Amigos Bravos/Friends of the Wild Rivers
Angus Duncan
Animal Protection Institute
Animal Protection of New Mexico
Arizona Zoological Society
Association of Zoos and Aquariums
BARK
Baykeeper
Biodiversity Conservation Alliance
Bitterrooters for Planning 
Black Canyon Audubon Society
Black Mesa Water Coalition
California Sportfishing Protection Alliance
Californians for Alternatives to Toxics
Californians for Western Wilderness
Carson Forest Watch
Cascadia Wildlands Project
Center for Biological Diversity
Center for Native Ecosystems
Chihuahuan Grasslands Alliance
Citizens for Better Forestry
Clean Air Task Force
Climate Solutions
Coalition for an EIS
Coalition for the Valle Vidal
Colorado Plateau River Guides
Colorado Wild
Community Association for Restoration of the Environment
Community Clean Water Institute
Concerned Citizens for Clean Water
Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety
Conservation Voters New Mexico
Conservation Northwest
Dairy Education Alliance
Defenders of Wildlife
Dine CARE
Dine for the C-Aquifer
Don Gabino Andrade Community Acequia
Dooda Desert Rock Committee
Earth Island Institute
Embudo Valley Environmental Monitoring Group
Environment New Mexico
Environment Washington
Environmental Defense
Environmental Protection Information Center
Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics
Fort Belknap Indian Community
Friends of Anderson Mesa
Friends of Arizona's Rivers
Friends of the Clearwater
Friends of the Earth
Friends of the Wild Rivers
George Wuerthner
Gifford Pinchot Task Force
Gila Resources Information Project
Glen Ith
Grand Canyon Trust
Grand Canyon Wildlands Council
Great Basin Water Network
Heartwood
Hells Canyon Preservation Council
High Sierra Hikers Association
Hogback Basin Preservation Association
Horse Creek Water Users
Idaho Conservation League
Idaho Rivers United
Idaho Sporting Congress
International Center for Technology Assessment
International Rivers Network
Kenneth & Kathryn Hill
Klamath Forest Alliance
Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center
Kootenai Conservation Alliance
Living Rivers
Long Now Foundation
Los Padres Forest Watch
Martin Litton
Montana Trout Unlimited
Montana Wilderness Association
Mora Valley Acequia Association
National Center for Conservation Science and Policy
National Parks Conservation Association
Natural Resources Defense Council
Native Ecosystems Council
Nevada Outdoor Recreation Association
Nevada Wildlife Federation
New Mexico Acequia Association
New Mexico Conference of Churches
New Mexico Trout
New Mexico Wilderness Alliance
Nomi Martin-Sheppard
North Duncan Drive Association
North Idaho Community Action Network
Northcoast Environmental Center
Northern California River Watch
Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides
Northwest Environmental Defense Center
Northwest Rafters Association
NW Energy Coalition
Oregon Environmental Council
Oregon Toxics Alliance
Oregon Wild
Pacific Rivers Council
Partnership for Earth Spirituality
Peter Dill
Phoenix Zoo
Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility
Red Rock Audubon Society
Rio Grande Restoration
Rio Pueblo/Rio Embudo Watershed Protection Coalition
River Runners for Wilderness
Riverhawks
Rock the Earth
Saint John's Organic Farm
San Juan Citizens’ Alliance
San Luis Valley Ecosystem Council
San Miguel County
Sheep Mountain Alliance
Selkirk Conservation Alliance
Sierra Club
Sierra Club, Cascade Chapter
Sierra Club, Grand Canyon Chapter 
Sierra Club, Rio Grande Chapter
Sierra Club, Toiyabe Chapter
Sierra Club, Tribal Partnerships Program
Siskiyou Project
Sky Island Alliance
Smith River Preservation Project
Snoqualmie Indian Tribe
Soda Mountain Wilderness Council
Southern Rockies Conservation Alliance
Southern Ute Grassroots Organization
Southwest Environmental Center
Terrance Marasco
Tewa Women United
The Lands Council
The Larch Company
The Wilderness Society
Trout Unlimited, Great Basin Chapter
Trout Unlimited, Utah Council
Umpqua Watersheds
Utah Environmental Congress
Utah Rivers Council
Ventana Wilderness Alliance
Washington Environmental Council
Waterkeeper Alliance
Western Resource Advocates
White Pine County, Nevada
WildEarth Guardians
Wild South
Wilderness Watch
Wildlands CPR
WildWest Institute


Historical Clients:

3E Strategies

1000 Friends of New Mexico

Alaska Center for the Environment
Alaska Conservation Alliance
Alaska Wilderness League
Albion River Watershed Protection Association
Alliance for Sustainable Jobs and the Environment
Alliance for the Wild Rockies
Amargosa Citizens for the Environment
 
American Lands Alliance
American Rivers
Amigos Bravos/Friends of the Wild Rivers
Angus Duncan   
Animal Protection Institute
Animal Protection of New Mexico
Arizona Wilderness Coalition
Arizona Wildlife Federation
Arizona Zoological Society
 
Association of Zoos and Aquariums
 
Atlantic States Legal Foundation
Audubon Society of Portland
BARK
Baykeeper
 
Biodiversity Conservation Alliance
Biodiversity Legal Foundation
Biodiversity Northwest
Black Canyon Audubon Society

Black Mesa Water Coalition

Blue Mt. Biodiversity Project
Blue Mt. Native Forest Alliance
California Native Plant Society
California Sportfishing Protection Alliance
 
California Wilderness Coalition
Californians for Alternatives to Toxics
Californians for Western Wilderness

Carson Forest Watch
Cascadia Wildlands Project
Center for Biological Diversity
Center for Environmental Law and Policy
Center for Environmental Politics
Center for Native Ecosystems
Central Arizona Paddlers Club
Chihuahuan Grasslands Alliance
Citizens for a Better Flathead
Citizens For A Clean Columbia
Citizens for a Healthy Bay
Citizens for Better Forestry
Clark Fork-Pend Oreille Coalition
Clean Air Task Force
 
Climate Solutions
 
Coalition for an EIS
 
Coalition for the Valle Vidal
Coast Range Association

Cold Mountain, Cold Rivers
Colorado Audubon Council
Colorado Plateau River Guides
 
Colorado Rivers Alliance
Colorado Valley Ecologists
Colorado Wild
Columbia River Keeper
Committee for Idaho's High Desert
Common Assets Defense Fund
Community Association for Restoration of the Environment
Community Clean Water Institute
Communities for Clean Water: Holding LANL Accountable

Community Wellness Council

Concerned Citizens for Clean Water
Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety
Conservation Biology Institute
Conservation Congress
Conservation Northwest
Conservation Voters of New Mexico
 
Copper River Watershed Project
Coyote Downey
Dairy Education Alliance
 
Dakota Resource Council
Dawn Watch
Defenders of Wildlife
Dine CARE

Dine for the C-Aquifer  
Don Gabino Andrade Community Acequia
 
Dooda Desert Rock

Earth Island Institute
 
Ecotrust
Embudo Valley Environmental Monitoring Group
Embudo Valley Organics
Environment California
Environment New Mexico
 
Environment Now
Environment Washington
 
Environmental Defense
 
Environmental Defense Institute
Environmental Justice Action Group
Environmental Protection Information Center
Environmental Working Group
Family Farm Defenders
ForestEthics
Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics
Fort Belknap Indian Community  
Friends of Anderson Mesa

Friends of Arizona's Rivers
Friends of Elk River
Friends of the Clearwater
Friends of the Earth
Friends of the Eel River
Friends of the Gualala River
Friends of the Nestucca
Friends of the Van Duzen
Friends of the Wild Rivers

Friends of Wolf Creek

George Weurthner
 
Gifford Pinchot Task Force
Gila Resources Information Project
Glen Canyon Institute
Glen Ith
 
Global Resources Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)

Grand Canyon Trust
Grand Canyon Wildlands Council
Great Basin Mine Watch
Great Basin Water Network
 
Great Plains Restoration Council
Greater Yellowstone Coalition
Guardiantes de la Tierra Amarilla
Heartwood
Hells Canyon Preservation Council
High Sierra Hikers Association
Hogback Basin Preservation Association
 
Hondo Mesa Community Association
Horse Creek Water Users
 
Humboldt Watershed Council
Idaho Conservation League
Idaho Rivers United
Idaho Rural Council
Idaho Sporting Congress
Idaho Wildlife Federation
In Defense of Animals

International Center for Technology Assessment
 
International Rivers
 
Iowa Farmers Union
Kenneth & Kathryn Hill
 
Klamath Forest Alliance
Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center
Las Vegas CARES

Las Vegas Center for Peace and Justice
League of Wilderness Defenders
League to Save Lake Tahoe
Living Rivers
Long Now Foundation
 
Los Padres ForestWatch
Lower Columbia Basin Audubon Society
Maricopa Audubon Society
Mineral County
Mineral Policy Center
Montana Environmental Information Center
Montana Wilderness Association
Montana Trout Unlimited
 
Mora Valley Acequia Association
Mountain Resources Conservancy

National Center for Conservation Science & Policy  
National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticide
National Parks Conservation Association
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Native Ecosystems Council
 
Native Fish Society
Native Forest Council
Natural Heritage Institute
Natural Resources Defense Council
 
Nevada Conservation League Education Fund
Nevada Outdoor Recreation Association
 
Nevada Wilderness Project
Nevada Wildlife Federation
 
New Mexico Acequia Association
New Mexico Citizens for Clean Air and Water
New Mexico Conference of Churches
 
New Mexico Environment Department
New Mexico Trout
New Mexico Wilderness Alliance
Nez Perce Tribe
North Duncan Drive Association
 
North Group, Sierra Club Redwood Chapter
North Idaho Community Action Network
Northcoast Environmental Center
Northern Alaska Environmental Center
Northern California River Watch
Northern Plains Resource Council
Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides
Northwest Environment Watch
Northwest Environmental Advocates
Northwest Environmental Defense Center
Northwest Rafters Association
NW Energy Coalition
 
Oil & Gas Accountability Project
Okanogan Highlands Alliance
Old Growth Campaign
Olympic Environmental Council
Oregon Environmental Council
Oregon Natural Desert Association
Oregon Rural Action
Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition
Oregon Toxics Alliance
Oregon Trout
Oregon Water Trust
Oregon Wild
 
Oregon Wildlife Federation
OSPIRG
Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Assoc.
Pacific Rivers Council
Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute
Partnership for Earth Spirituality
Pesticide Action Network of North America

Pesticide Watch
Phoenix Zoo
 
Picuris Pueblo
Pilchuck Audubon Society
Powder River Basin Resource Council
Predator Conservation Alliance
Predator Defense Institute
Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada
 
Project WILD Utah
Public Citizen
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility
Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe
Red Rock Audubon Society
 
Rest the West
Rio Grande Restoration
Rio Pueblo/Rio Embudo Watershed Protection Coalition
River Network
Riverhawks
Rivers Council of Washington
River Runners for Wilderness
Rock the Earth
Rogue Flyfishers
Safe Food and Fertilizer
Saint John's Organic Farm
San Juan Citizens’ Alliance
San Luis Valley Ecosystem Council
 
San Miguel County

Save Our Summers
Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition
Save the Jemez
Selkirk Conservation Alliance
Sheep Mountain Alliance
Sierra Club
Sierra Club, California/Nevada Desert Committee  
Sierra Club, Cascade Chapter
 
Sierra Club, Grand Canyon Chapter
Sierra Club, Juniper Group  
Sierra Club, Many Rivers Group  
Sierra Club, Northern New Mexico Group
Sierra Club, Oregon Chapter
 
Sierra Club, Rio Grande Chapter

Sierra Club, San Gorgonio Chapter

Sierra Club, Toiyabe Chapter
 
Sierra Club, Tribal Partnerships Program

Sierra Club, Wyoming Chapter
Siskiyou Regional Education Project
Sky Island Alliance
Snake River Alliance
Snake Valley Citizens Alliance
Snoqualmie Indian Tribe
Soda Mountain Wilderness Council
South Yuba River Citizens League

Southeast Alaska Conservation Council
Southern Plains Land Trust
Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
Southwest Forest Alliance
Southwest Research and Information Center
Steamboaters
Taxpayers for the Animas River
Tewa Women United
The Fund for Animals
The Lands Council
The Larch Company
The Wilderness Society
Tongass Conservation Society
Town Hall Coalition
Trout Unlimited
Trustees for Alaska
Umpqua Valley Audubon Society
Umpqua Watersheds
United Steelworkers of America
USPIRG
Utah Environmental Congress
Utah Rivers Council
Valles Caldera Coalition
Van Duzen Watershed Watch
Ventana Wilderness Alliance
Vibora Neighborhood Association
Walker Lake Working Group
Washington Environmental Council
Washington Public Interest Research Group
Washington Trout
Washington Wilderness Coalition
WaterWatch of Oregon
Western Colorado Congress
Western Land Exchange Project
Western Mining Action Project
Western Organization of Resource Councils
Western Water Alliance
Western Wildlife Conservancy
WildEarth Guardians
 
Wild Salmon Center
Wild South

Wilderness Watch
Wildlands CPR
Wildlife Conservation Society
Wildlife Damage Review
WildWest Institute
Willapa Alliance
Willets Environmental Center
World Wildlife Fund
Wyoming Outdoor Council
Wyoming Wilderness Association
Zero Tolerance Toxics Campaign
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

 

Reducing Risk of Climate Change from BLM actions
This campaign focuses on the Southwest and Southern Rockies.
Ensuring a state's right to limit vehicle green house gas (GHG) emissions
The Western Environmental Law Center is urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to use its authority under section 209(b) of the Clean Air Act to grant California a waiver of federal preemption to enable it to limit vehicle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
MacDonald Pass: Protecting a Key Wildlife Corridor
The U.S. Forest Service and the U.S. Army National Guard are proposing to build a new biathlon training facility directly within an extremely important but narrow wildlife corridor on the continental divide.
Ensuring Responsible Energy Development in the Sagebrush Sea of the Powder River Basin
The Powder River Basin of Montana and Wyoming holds important energy and wildlife resources (in particular wildlife habitat within the Sagebrush Sea). To harmonize those resources, we’re pushing the Bureau of Land Management to protect the Basin’s wildlife resources by adopting a phased development management regime to protect core habitat and control the timing and location of development, preparing a comprehensive environmental analysis, and preventing unacceptable degradation.
Fighting for Reclassification of the "NCE" Grizzly Bears
The North Cascades Ecosystem population of grizzly bears is at risk of extinction. Our goal, through this case, is to get the bears reclassified as "endangered" and get the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to implement full recovery of this population of the bear.
Citizens Bring Suit to Clean up Air Pollution from Industrial Dairies in Lower Yakima Valley
Drilling the Climate: Colorado Oil and Gas Auction to Fuel Global Warming, BLM Ignoring its Responsibility to Protect Colorado’s Climate
WELC Tells EPA to Cut GHG Emissions from Non-Road Vehicle & Engines
Lynx in New Mexico in Legal Limbo, Groups Sue to Protect the Rare Cats in the Southwest
U.S. Wildlife Officials Failing to Conserve Mexican Wolf