by Mike Garrity | Mar 29, 2011 | AWR, bears, goshawk, Lewis and Clark National Forest, logging, lynx
by Eve Byron, Independent Record It’s back to the drawing board for a portion of the Benchmark Fuels Reduction Project along the Rocky Mountain Front near Augusta. For the second time, a hearings officer has sided with two environmental groups — the Alliance for...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 29, 2011 | AWR, forest, goshawk, logging, lynx, squirrels
by Richard Ecke, Tribune Staff Writer Some 763 acres of forests in the Benchmark area west of Augusta would not be logged or burned under the reversal of an earlier U.S. Forest Service decision. “We’re pleased to announce that the Forest Service has...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 29, 2011 | AWR, forest, logging
by Daniel Person and Carly Flandro, Chronicle Staff Writers At her home outside Three Forks last week, Sara Johnson was printing out plans for a federal logging project in South Dakota’s Black Hills. If things go the way they often do, Johnson will submit...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 29, 2011 | AWR, bison, BLM, buffalo, fish, forest, University of Montana, wildlife, Yellowstone National Park
by Carly Flandro, Chronicle Staff Writer In the realm of green groups, there are no widgets for sale. Donors receive no bells or whistles to take home and show for their money. There are only ideas, projects, promises of action, a hope and a cause. Still, that’s...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 28, 2011 | AWR, hunting, wildlife, wolves
by Carly Flandro, Chronicle Staff Writer After years of legal gridlock, conservation groups and the U.S. Department of Interior Friday reached an agreement on gray wolf management that, if approved, would remove federal protection for the animals in Montana and Idaho....
