Garrett Rose

Natural Resources Defense Council

Garett Rose works with a range of stakeholders, including scientists and local groups, to protect the nation’s ecosystems through regulatory strategy development, litigation, congressional advocacy, and participation in the administrative process. Currently, he focuses on securing protections for older forests on federal lands. He has also worked to defend Alaska’s Arctic landscapes. Prior to joining NRDC, Rose worked at Covington & Burling LLP in Washington, D.C., where he represented local conservation groups and scientists to restore the boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. And he clerked for the Honorable Frank H. Easterbrook of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Rose earned his law degree with high honors from the University of Chicago, where he was Executive Editor of the University of Chicago Law Review. He also earned a BA in Philosophy with general honors from Chicago. He is based in NRDC's Washington, D.C., office.