by Mike Garrity | Dec 9, 2014 | AWR, logging
Judge Clarifies USFS must Analyze New Acres before Logging in Swan Federal Court Reaffirms Ruling Protecting Endangered Species on 111,740 Acres of National Forest Lands Court Order, Dec 8, 2014 (PFD)
by Mike Garrity | Dec 9, 2014 | AWR, bears, fish, lynx, wolverines
Contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 The federal district court in Montana reaffirmed and clarified its September 2014 ruling that the U.S. Forest Service violated the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the National...
by Mike Garrity | Dec 9, 2014 | AWR, bears, logging, lynx, Yellowstone National Park
Judge: Hebgen Logging Project needs USFWS Assessment for Bears, Lynx Hebgen-area Logging Project Faces Another Delay Conservation Groups Win Victory for Yellowstone Grizzlies and Lynx Court Order, Dec 5, 2014 (PDF)
by Mike Garrity | Dec 9, 2014 | AWR, bears, forest, Hebgen Lake, logging, lynx, roads
by Laura Lundquist, Chronicle Staff Writer A timber sale along Hebgen Lake is on hold until the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service analyzes possible threats to grizzly bears and Canadian lynx. Last Friday, Great Falls District Court Judge Brian Morris agreed with two...
by Mike Garrity | Dec 9, 2014 | AWR, forest, logging
by Rob Chaney The U.S. Forest Service can’t carry out previously planned logging projects on 111,740 acres of land it got from The Nature Conservancy without doing its own analysis first, according to a federal judge. The case affects a big transfer of former...