by Mike Garrity | Jun 22, 2014 | AWR, farm, logging
Conservation Groups File First Lawsuit against Logging Designated under Farm Bill Lawsuit Challenges Expedited West Yellowstone Logging Project
by Mike Garrity | Jun 22, 2014 | AWR, Gallatin National Forest, logging, Yellowstone National Park
by Tom Kuglin, Independent Record Two conservation groups made the first legal challenge to a logging operation excluded from environmental analysis and public review under the 2014 Farm Bill. On Thursday, the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems...
by Mike Garrity | Jun 21, 2014 | AWR, lynx
by Laura Lundquist, Chronicle Staff Writer The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed a new lynx habitat rule after being sanctioned by a federal district judge in Missoula. On Thursday, the USFWS published draft economic and environmental analyses of the areas...
by Mike Garrity | Jun 20, 2014 | AWR
by Laura Lundquist, Chronicle Staff Writer Environmental groups are suing the U.S. Forest Service to stop a West Yellowstone logging project intended to be the first to not require public comment under the new Farm Bill. On Thursday, Alliance for the Wild Rockies and...
by Mike Garrity | Jun 3, 2014 | AWR, forest, logging
Collaboration Extra: Legal Logging and Cranky ‘Fringe’ Groups Looking to Gum up the Works Critics Decry Lack of Public Input on Forest Proposal