Alliance for the Wild Rockies was formed in 1988 to meet the challenge of protecting the Northern Rockies Bioregion from habitat destruction and deforestation. We are hundreds of organizations and small businesses, and thousands of individuals joined together in an ecosystem-based, bioregional effort to protect and restore this great region. Our board and advisors include some of the nation's top scientists and land managers.


News and Action Alerts

Access all the latest news and action alerts from AWR's Home Page.

News Archive

Our News Archive will lead you to many articles about AWR's activities as published in newspapers and magazines, as well as key press releases from AWR.

Past Press Releases and Action Alerts: the 25 most recent items from Alliance for the Wild Rockies.

 

Web Exhibits

AWR recently celebrated 10 years of working to protect the wild ecosystems of the Norhtern Rockies. Our Ten Year Report features our accomplishments to date, and a timeline of noteable events. A great place to visit if you are considering joining AWR, and want to know what your contribution will be supporting.

Last summer marked the tenth anniversary of the Great Yellowstone Fires of '88. AWR has developed a unique website focusing on this anniversary. It features a review of the fires, eyewitness accounts of fire fighters and others on the front lines, resources on fire ecology in the Northern Rockies, and discussions on the politics behind current fire policy on public lands.

1997's Great Grizzly Hike was a 300 mile journey along the biological corridor that links the Yellowstone and the Greater Salmon-Selway Ecosystems. Three hikers walked the continental divide here to draw attention to biological corridors, so vital to the great bear's survival. These pages feature information on grizzlies, corridors, and the hikers' journal and photos from the trail.


Programs

AWR combines rigorous research with citizen-based advocacy to secure the ecological integrity of the Northern Rockies Bioregion.


Wild Rockies Rendezvous

Our annual gathering of activists, scientists and others interested in protection the bioregion.

Campaigns

We focus our efforts on a variety of issues relevant to wildland protection, choosing some when we see a need while other issues are thrust upon us by external forces. Our current campaigns include:


NREPA

Our proposal for regional wildlands protection, H.R. 488, the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act, is currently before the U.S. Congresswith endorsements from President Jimmy Carter, world-renowned scientists, and more than 700 organizations and businesses nationwide including the national Sierra Club. Contact your congress person and ask that they support NREPA. Online brochure.


Publications

AWR publishes a quarterly newsletter, The Wild Rockies Networker, and Special Reports focusing on economics, conservation biology, and on our current and past campaigns. Video tapes featuring the Wild Rockies issues and NREPA are also available.

Bioregion Spotlights

Our Bioregion Spotlight focuses on a unique area or species of the Wild Rockies. Visit past Spotlight features via our Spotlight Archive page.

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PO Box 8731 • Missoula, Montana • 59807
Phone: 406-721-5420 • Fax: 406-721-9917
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