by Mike Garrity | Jan 27, 2011 | AWR, logging
A ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals this week on a Big Hole Valley timber sale is being hailed by environmental groups as a precedent-setting decision. Susan Brown, a staff attorney for the Western Environmental Law Center, said the ruling is important...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 26, 2011 | AWR, forest, logging, roads
contacts Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Susan Jane Brown, Western Environmental Law Center (503) 914-1323 A ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals this week has set a precedent by defining at what point...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 25, 2011 | AWR, California, logging, whales
by Lawrence Hurley of Greenwire A federal appeals court today rejected a government request that it rehear a case that set a precedent on how to interpret a 2008 Supreme Court ruling that seemed to limit the ability of environmental groups to put a stop to certain...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 18, 2011 | Associated Press, AWR, bobcats, forest, Gallatin National Forest, Lewis and Clark National Forest, Lolo National Forest, lynx
by Eve Byron, Independent Record Critical habitat for Canada lynx will be re-evaluated by the federal government in three states, after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service withdrew its appeal of a ruling by a federal court judge in Missoula. U.S. District Court Judge...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 17, 2011 | Associated Press, AWR, lynx
by Matthew Brown, Associated Press BILLINGS — Wildlife officials have dropped their appeal of a court ruling that forces the government to revise its flawed plan to protect critical habitat for Canada lynx. The move means the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will have...
