by Mike Garrity | Nov 27, 2000 | AWR, forest, roads
by Mike Dombeck Chief of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service Twenty years of local planning efforts, wilderness debates, appeals, lawsuits, and injunctions have not solved the issue of long-term management of some 50 million acres of roadless...
by Mike Garrity | Nov 26, 2000 | AWR, Bitterroot National Forest, forest, logging, wildlife
contact Keith Hammer at (406) 755-1379 KALISPELL—By misrepresenting the historic condition of ponderosa pine forests in its educational posters, the US Forest Service is also misrepresenting to the public the effects of logging and ecosystem management treatments...
by Mike Garrity | Nov 25, 2000 | AWR, bears, roads
by Mike Bader, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies For the modern conservation era, barely a century old, the calendar changeover to the year 2000 represents an opportunity to consolidate momentum and establish lasting conservation policies to guide us...
by Mike Garrity | Nov 24, 2000 | AWR, fire
by Mike Bader, AWR’s executive director The summer fires have been extinguished by heavy autumn rains but debate over western forest policy continues. The election year fires have generated extensive comment. Timber opportunists were quick to play the blame...
by Mike Garrity | Nov 23, 2000 | AWR, bears
by Karl Puckett Tribune Staff Writer Great Falls Tribune Report shows griz recovery areas too small A paper published this week in a scientific journal argues that grizzly bears need a lot more space if they’re to survive longterm. The report, “Spatial...