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Rocky Mountain PEER Director

Chandra, a Colorado native, serves as the Director of Rocky Mountain PEER. Formerly a staff attorney with Defenders of Wildlife specializing in endangered species and public lands issues, she has also worked for the U.S. Department of Justice and, under a legal fellowship, worked on a Superfund site with the Department of Energy. “I view my job as helping the region’s public service professionals do their jobs of protecting the diverse and abundant natural resources of the Rockies,” states Rosenthal. Chandra earned her law degree in 1993 at the Lewis and Clark Northwestern School of Law, where she focused her studies on environmental law.

New Transmission Line Ensures Destructive Energy Development on Great Basin’s Public Lands

by PEER | September 10, 2024
BLM has approved a major high voltage transmission line, opening up Nevada’s most remote, scenic, and biologically significant areas to development ...

PEERMail | Take Action: Demand Better for Western Lands!

by PEER | September 4, 2024
Join the hundreds of PEER supporters who are demanding that BLM take action to restore and protect the health of our western lands ...

Conservation Groups Request Protection from Solar Energy Sprawl in Pahrump Valley, Nevada

by PEER | July 29, 2024
An Old Spanish Trail – Pahrump Valley ACEC proposal has been submitted to protect outstanding cultural and natural from the bulldozers ...

COMMENTARY | Treasured heritage at risk: The Old Spanish Trail

by Chandra Rosenthal | July 26, 2024
Despite the Old Spanish Trail's historical significance, BLM's controversial decision threatens to mar it with the blight of oil and gas development ...
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