Western Resource Advocates

Despite growing environmental problems, Western Resource Advocates remains undaunted by these challenges in its commitment to protect the West. In our vision:

1. Western rivers and lakes will have abundant clean water to support habitat for fish and wildlife, communities and agriculture, and world class recreational opportunities. The Colorado River will flow to the sea.
2. Our homes, buildings and transportation systems will be powered by clean energy. The West will prosper in a zero-carbon economy.
3. Half of western landscapes and habitat will be protected and connected to support thriving wildlife populations and unparalleled opportunities to enjoy the West's natural beauty.
4. The West will have clean air and clean water to support healthy communities and vital habitat.

Western Resource Advocates is building on our past successes. Western Resource Advocates has led the conservation community in developing innovative and pragmatic policies that resulted in (among other achievements) closure of coal-fired power plants, leveraging billions of dollars into investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency, protection of flows in nine major river systems in the West, and conservation of over two million acres of land in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming from energy development. We use law, science, and economics to craft innovative solutions to the most pressing conservation issues in the region.

Western Resource Advocates has over 30 years of experience in successfully fighting climate change in the West using advocacy, policy, collaboration, and innovation. We are acknowledged in the the conservation community as a trusted source for balanced and accurate information; a trusted collaborator, working to find solutions to the most pressing conservation issues; and a partner for change, finding and facilitating pathways for measurable progress.

WRA's aspirational vision statement for the West's land, air, and water looks to the year 2050. A key WRA accomplishment toward realizing this vision has been through successfully building a respected, talented team of experts and high-functioning partnerships with other organizations for over 30 years.
Stream by stream, forest by forest, and with every early retirement of a coal-fired generating station, WRA is accomplishing progress and establishing precedents that can be used across the West. Future generations will know a region where half of our lands are protected and connected for wildlife and recreation, we prosper in a zero carbon economy, and smart water management enables the Colorado to flows to the sea. The West will be known as the leader in balancing conservation of the environment and with a prosperous communities that exist in balance with nature.
View our successes across many aspects of conservation and protection here: https://westernresourceadvocates.org/about/successes/