by Mike Garrity | May 13, 2022 | bull trout
Photo courtesy of Pat Clayton The Clark Fork River is federally-designated as “critical habitat” for bull trout, which have been listed as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act since 1999. The Upper Clark Fork is also part of the nation’s largest Superfund...
by Mike Garrity | Apr 22, 2022 | earth day, old growth
Protect Old Growth and Mature Forests On Earth Day, President Biden announced a new policy to protect mature and old growth trees which store the most carbon. Unfortunately, the president’s order will not ban logging of mature and old-growth forests or even protect...
by Mike Garrity | Apr 7, 2022 | goshawk
Northern Goshawk – USFWS National Digital Library Thanks to a lawsuit brought by the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and the Native Ecosystem Council, a 22,500 acre logging, burning, and road-building project in Montana’s Castle Mountains has been stopped by a...
by Mike Garrity | Apr 3, 2022 | AWR
What are the Greater Yellowstone Coalition’s Ethics Worth?Do you ever wonder how much your ethics are worth? Apparently, for the Greater Yellowstone Coalition (GYC) the price is considerably more than the “30 pieces of silver”Judas got for his sell out, but that was...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 24, 2022 | Ninemile
Photo: Glenn Phillips It’s hard to imagine the damage an enormous timber sale would have had on 70 square miles of Montana’s Ninemile Valley, located about seven miles northwest of Huson, in the Lolo National Forest. But thanks to our lawsuit and two federal court...
