by Mike Garrity | Feb 24, 2021 | AWR
Mission Statement and 2020 Annual Report The Alliance for the Wild Rockies (AWR) was formed in 1988 to meet the challenge of saving the Northern Rockies Bioregion from habitat destruction. We are thousands of individuals, business owners, and organizations taking a...
by Mike Garrity | Dec 17, 2020 | Endangered Species Act, Targhee National Forest
Photo Canada Lynx by Eric Kilby The Middle Henry’s Aspen Enhancement Project violates a host of federal laws, threatens the Henry’s Fork, will harm grizzly bears and lynx, and log much of what little remains of old-growth forest in the Targhee National Forest....
by Mike Garrity | Nov 4, 2020 | clearcut, Grizzly, Ninemile
Clearcut on national forest land in Montana. Photo: Steve Platt. https://missoulian.com/opinion/columnists/alliance-for-the-wild-rockies-challenges-plans-to-log-grizzly-habitat-in-ninemile/article_307c87e0-a8a2-565f-b571-7e68ebbf3648.html Alliance for the Wild Rockies...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 24, 2020 | WILDFIRE
Image: Cleacut in West Fork of the Crooked River Roadless area in Idaho. Photo: Bryce Poplawski In the middle of yet another big wildfire seasons, some reporters finally listened to fire scientists when they quoted people like Dr. Higuera, an associate professor of...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 8, 2020 | Sapphire Mountains
The Bitterroot National Forest formally withdrew its decision authorizing the Gold Butterfly Project after the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Friends of the Bitterroot filed a lawsuit challenging the project this summer. The Gold Butterfly logging project was...