by Mike Garrity | Dec 10, 2003 | AWR, bears, bison, buffalo, elk, logging
contact Betsy Hawkings, Congressman Shays, (202) 225-5541 Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act Co-Sponsored by Over 100 WASHINGTON – Lead sponsors Representatives Christopher Shays (R-CT) and Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), were joined today by singer/songwriter and...
by Mike Garrity | Dec 9, 2003 | Associated Press, AWR, bears, forest, Kootenai National Forest, logging, roads
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) – A timber sale in the Kootenai National Forest on the Idaho border has been delayed as officials consider its impact on grizzly bears. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has withdrawn its approval for the White Pine timber sale, pressured...
by Mike Garrity | Dec 8, 2003 | AWR, bears, fire, Kootenai National Forest, logging, Lolo National Forest, roads
by Sonja Lee Great Falls Tribune Helena National Forest officials would like to harvest 20 million to 25 million board feet of commercial timber from an area that burned in the Snow Talon Fire near Lincoln. The August fire charred about 37,700 acres, and the Forest...
by Mike Garrity | Dec 6, 2003 | AWR, forest, logging, Lolo National Forest, roads, wilderness
by Sherry Devlin, the Missoulian The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has slapped down the Lolo National Forest’s plan for logging in areas burned during the 2000 wildfire season, saying the Forest Service did not take “the necessary hard look” at...
