by Mike Garrity | Oct 24, 2007 | AWR, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, fire, logging
By Noelle Straub, Missoulian D.C. Bureau WASHINGTON – A longstanding rift between East Coast and Western lawmakers erupted again Thursday as a congressional subcommittee heard testimony on a sweeping bill that would designate as wilderness 23 million acres in...
by Mike Garrity | Oct 23, 2007 | AWR, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, Glacier National Park, Yellowstone National Park
by Scott McMillion, Chronicle Staff Writer A congressional subcommittee spent three hours Thursday debating a controversial bill that would grant wilderness status to 23 million acres of land in Montana and four other Northern Rockies states. The House National Parks,...
by Mike Garrity | Oct 22, 2007 | AWR, bears, fish, lynx, roads, wolverines
URGENT: Please act now to show support for the ONLY Wilderness Bill that would provide adequate protection for all the remaining intact wildlife and fish habitat (Roadless Lands) in the Northern Rockies The Northern Rockies Ecosystem Recovery Act – HR-1975 A...
by Mike Garrity | Oct 18, 2007 | Associated Press, AWR, bears, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, bison, buffalo, caribou, elk, logging, roads, wilderness
Lee Newspapers/Missoulian Bozeman Chronicle E&E Daily Associated Press Easterners, Westerners argue over wilderness bill by Mary Clare Jalonick WASHINGTON – Eastern and Western members of the U.S. House clashed sharply Thursday over legislation that would...
by Mike Garrity | Oct 11, 2007 | AWR, Glacier National Park, Yellowstone National Park
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5946 Michael Garrity, Executive Director of the Alliance for the Wild Rockies said, “I think it’s important to point out that the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection...