by Mike Garrity | Sep 16, 2010 | AWR, Crazy Mountains, elk, forest, Gallatin National Forest, logging
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Plans to log nearly 700 acres of the visually spectacular and topographically dramatic Crazy Mountains have been halted by a federal court order because the project would...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 10, 2010 | AWR, elk, Gallatin National Forest, logging
by Daniel Person, Chronicle Staff Writer A logging project in the Crazy Mountains has been halted by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which found this week that the Gallatin National Forest did not follow its own rules when it drew out the plans. The Smith Creek...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 3, 2010 | AWR, beetles, elk, fish, forest, goshawk, logging
by Michael Garrity, Your Turn editorial The recent smoke filling the Helena Valley due to an out-of-control “controlled burn” by the Forest Service should confirm once and for all that government agencies can and do make mistakes. Sometimes, as with the...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 1, 2010 | AWR, bears, Gallatin National Forest, logging, mining, roads, wolverines, wolves
by Gazette Staff The Gallatin National Forest has withdrawn its East Boulder Fuels Reduction Project to re-examine the project in the wake of the re-listing of gray wolves. “We wanted to do some more analysis because it’s an endangered species,” said...
