by Erik Gillberg | Aug 13, 2026 | bison
Bison, National park Service The federal district court in Montana denied the federal government’s request to press pause on a lawsuit challenging the way that the federal government is managing the American Bison (the National Mammal) in Yellowstone National Park on...
by Erik Gillberg | Jul 27, 2026 | Grizzly
Seven long years ago the Alliance for the Wild Rockies, with the support of local residents, took the Forest Service to federal court to halt the Hanna Flats logging, road-building, and burning project on the Idaho Panhandle National Forest in Northern Idaho. Through...
by Erik Gillberg | Jul 10, 2026 | clearcut, logging, roads
Clearcut on Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest – Photo by Steve Platt The Wilderness Society, the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, and the Montana Wilderness Association, now rebranded “Wild Montana,” all claim they support the Roadless Rule and have been...
by Erik Gillberg | Jun 18, 2026 | clearcut, elk, Gallatin National Forest, goshawk, logging
Clearcut Logging – photo by Steve Platt The Trump administration and some Democrats support “managing” our national forests like tree farms, not forest ecosystems, by calling for ever more logging and burning in a futile attempt to prevent wildfires....
by Erik Gillberg | Jun 4, 2026 | goshawk, Pinyon Jay, sage grouse
Pinyon Jay – Photo by Dave Menke USFWS The Interior Board of Land Appeals vacated the BLM’s decision authorizing cutting and burning 560,000 acres of mainly pinyon-juniper woodlands and sagebrush habitat in southwest Utah in response to an appeal by Alliance for...
