by Mike Garrity | Jun 18, 2009 | AWR, forest
from Wire and Staff Reports Regional supervisor noted for accessibility Tom Tidwell, supervisor of the U.S. Forest Service region that encompasses North Idaho, is the new head of the national agency. Tidwell is a 32-year Forest Service employee and supervised national...
by Mike Garrity | Jun 9, 2009 | AWR, Crazy Mountains, elk, forest, Gallatin National Forest, logging, Yellowstone National Park
HELENA, Mont. – Groups that sued the Forest Service to halt a logging project in the Gallatin National Forest in southern Montana have sued again, reasserting the project jeopardizes habitat for elk and sensitive species such as Yellowstone cutthroat trout. The...
by Mike Garrity | Jun 9, 2009 | AWR, Crazy Mountains, elk, forest, Gallatin National Forest, logging, pine, roads
by Brett French of The Gazette Staff, French@billingsgazette.com or (406) 657-1387 Two environmental groups have sued for a second time to halt a timber sale and prescribed burn on the northwest side of the Crazy Mountains, despite changes made to the original plan to...
by Mike Garrity | Jun 3, 2009 | AWR, wolves
by Eve Byron, – Independent Record, (406) 447-4076, eve.byron@helenair.com As promised, a coalition of conservation groups filed a lawsuit in federal court in Missoula Tuesday to try to halt the removal of gray wolves from the list of animals covered by the...
