by Mike Garrity | Jul 1, 2020 | Steelhead
The Forest Service calls logging ‘restorative.’ Is smothering steelhead trout eggs with sediment restorative? Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Friends of the Clearwater filed a lawsuit this week against the Trump administration’s U.S. Forest Service and...
by Mike Garrity | Jun 12, 2020 | Grizzly, lynx, wolverines
For the second time in two days, the Trump administration conceded defeat to the Alliance for the Wild Rockies. The first time was when the Administration was trying to pretend roads magically disappear when the Forest Service dumps a pile of dirt in front of Forest...
by Mike Garrity | Jun 10, 2020 | Grizzly
You can read this post on Counter Punch here: Roads Removal: a Big Win for Grizzlies in the Northern Rockies When the Forest Service classifies a road in our national forests as “closed” to protect endangered species like grizzly bears or provide secure habitat for...
by Mike Garrity | May 25, 2020 | bull trout, elk, Grizzly, lynx
Canadian lynx. Photo: US Fish and Wildlife Service. What would you do if you caught Trump’s Forest Service trying to slip through huge clearcuts and bulldozing roads into an already over-cut area? How about if the Forest Service then denied the potential presence of...
by Mike Garrity | May 13, 2020 | Grizzly
There are tens of millions of cows in the U.S. but only about 700 grizzly bears in the remote and wild public lands known as the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem that include and surround America’s first national park. Grizzlies are listed as “Threatened” under the...
