Western Environmental Law Center is a nonprofit public interest law firm that works to protect and restore western wildlands and advocates for a healthy environment on behalf of communities throughout the West. WELC attorneys serve as expert strategists and advocates in broad-based campaigns that educate and engage the general public and the communities in which they work.

Grant History:

2010 - $150,000 A two-year grant to support efforts in the Northern Rockies to protect the region's natural resources from increasing development pressures. Place-based Conservation

2009 - $20,000 To support implementation of an organizational communications plan. Conservation Capacity

2008 - $140,000 A two-year grant to support a new Northern Rockies office in protecting the region's critical ecosystems from unwise development. Conservation Capacity

2007 - $25,000 For general support to provide legal services to conservation advocates throughout Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana. Conservation Capacity

2006 - $15,000 To defend the Northwest Forest Plan and bedrock federal environmental laws and regulations affecting the management of federal forests in the Pacific Northwest and to assist local conservation groups in upholding these laws and policies which protect critical ecosystems in the region. Endangered Ecosystems

2005 - $25,000 To upgrade the organization's technology capacity. Endangered Ecosystems

2005 - $20,000 To defend the Northwest Forest Plan and bedrock federal environmental laws and regulations affecting the management of federal forests in the Pacific Northwest. Endangered Ecosystems

2004 - $2,000 To instruct environmentalists in negotiation techniques by providing a training session led by TREC's Jim Thomas March 12-14. Opportunity Fund

2004 - $30,000 To defend the Northwest Forest Plan and bedrock federal environmental laws and regulations affecting the management of federal forests in the Pacific Northwest. Endangered Ecosystems

2003 - $32,500 To defend the Northwest Forest Plan and other bedrock federal environmental laws and regulations affecting the management of federal forests in the Pacific Northwest; and to upgrade WELC's technology infrastructure and staff technical skills. Endangered Ecosystems

2001 - $20,000 To implement the capacity building objectives of the organization's newly developed five-year strategic plan. Communications and Capacity Building