by Mike Garrity | Jul 30, 2009 | AWR, bears, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, fire, goshawk, Kootenai National Forest, logging, owls, wilderness, wildlife, Yellowstone National Park
by Jesse Froehling The Northern Goshawk, a bird the size of a crow, with salt and pepper plumage and a distinct light eyebrow, calls the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest home. For years, the U.S. Forest Service has used the goshawk as an “indicator...
by Mike Garrity | Jul 30, 2009 | AWR, bears, elk, lynx, moose, wildlife
by Eve Byron – Independent Record A federal court judge put a halt Wednesday to construction of a biathlon course near MacDonald Pass west of Helena. In issuing his summary judgment ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Donald Molloy said that an investigation of...
by Mike Garrity | Jul 27, 2009 | AWR, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, beetles, fire, logging, moose, pileated woodpecker, wilderness, wolverines
by Daniel Person, Chronicle Staff Writer In Madison County, there’s a place called Cowboy’s Heaven. Wolverines live there, as do moose, black bears and mountain lions. No roads cut across its open grasslands or through its forests, and it’s...
by Mike Garrity | Jul 17, 2009 | AWR, bears, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, forest, Kootenai National Forest, logging, roads, wilderness
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Michael Garrity, Executive Director of the Alliance for the Wild Rockies blasted Senator Tester’s logging bill as turning over management of the Beaverhead-Deerlodge...
by Mike Garrity | Jul 13, 2009 | AWR, bears, roads, wilderness
by David Mark Carole King’s songs are tightly woven into the tapestry of American music. Flip on the radio and, before long, at least one of the singer-songwriter’s familiar tunes is likely to ring out. Starting with The Shirelles’ “Will You...
