by Mike Garrity | Jan 9, 2009 | Associated Press, AWR, fish, logging, mining
by The Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) – The U.S. Justice Department may soften its stance in a lawsuit by Montana environmental activists who sought certain habitat protections for bull trout. The threatened species needs clean and cold water, a need that...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 8, 2009 | AWR, bears, beetles, Flathead National Forest, forest, roads
HELENA – A federal appeals court says the Flathead National Forest failed to follow the grizzly bear standards in its Forest Plan when it approved the Moose Post-Fire Project in 2002. Under the project, about 20 miles north of Columbia Falls, more access was...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 8, 2009 | AWR, bears, Flathead National Forest, forest, Glacier National Park
by Rob Chaney of the Missoulian The Forest Service made a wrong decision on protecting grizzly bears in the Flathead National Forest because it didn’t have a rule to make the decision with, according to the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. The case grew out of...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 3, 2009 | Associated Press, AWR, forest, logging, Salmon National Forest
by The Associated Press Boise, Idaho – The U.S. Forest Service settled a lawsuit by environmentalists fighting a proposed timber sale near the central Idaho town of Salmon by agreeing to scale back logging that was meant to reduce fuels. In May, the Alliance for...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 3, 2009 | AWR, fish, goshawk, logging, owls, Salmon National Forest, wolverines, woodpeckers
by John Miller The U.S. Forest Service settled a lawsuit filed by environmentalists fighting a central Idaho timber sale by agreeing to scale back logging that was meant to reduce fuels near the town of Salmon. In May, the Missoula, Montana-based Alliance for the Wild...
