by Erik Gillberg | May 19, 2026 | Garnet
This photo of the old mining town of Garnet was taken in 1898 — seven years before the Forest Service was founded and long before modern equipment was used to fight wildfires. If you’re wondering why the Alliance for the Wild Rockies wins 80% of its...
by Erik Gillberg | May 5, 2026 | Cooke City, Whitebark Pine
Whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) – Photo by Jen Hooke National Park Service Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Dr. Jesse Logan, Native Ecosystems Council, and the Gallatin Wildlife Association secured another significant win for the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem...
by Erik Gillberg | Apr 29, 2026 | Clark's Nutcracker, goshawk, Grizzly, Hyalite Canyon, red squirrel, Whitebark Pine
Hyalite Canyon – Photo USFS The Forest Service recently issued its decision authorizing yet another old growth logging project on Bozeman’s doorstep in Hyalite Canyon. The Alliance for the Wild Rockies filed a lawsuit to challenge the Forest Service’s plan...
by Erik Gillberg | Apr 2, 2026 | Flathead National Forest, lynx, Tally Lake
Lynx by Ryan Pennesi – U.S. Forest Service Federal Judge halts huge Forest Service clearcutting project west of Whitefish, Montana The primary reason we took the U.S. Forest Service to court — and won — over the Round Star Logging Project is because...
by Erik Gillberg | Apr 1, 2026 | AWR, Bitterroot Mountains, Grizzly
Photo: Frank van Manen – USGS On March 31, The Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council, prevailed in their lawsuit to stop a logging and road-building project on public lands in the Sapphire Mountains of the Bitterroot Valley because the...