by Mike Garrity | Apr 4, 2020 | Elk Creek, Grizzly, lynx
The Alliance for the Wild Rockies filed a lawsuit on April 3rd in Federal District Court in Great Falls, Montana to stop the Elk Smith Project on the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest. The project seeks to non-commercially log and/or burn 10,331 acres in the Elk...
by Mike Garrity | Apr 2, 2020 | bull trout
Bull trout are one of the largest native salmonids in Montana, capable of reaching three feet long and 25 pounds or more. A spectacularly beautiful fish, they once occupied an enormous range from the Rockies to the Pacific coast to the Yukon. But due to habitat...
by Mike Garrity | Nov 27, 2019 | AWR
By Mike Garrity In a recent article the Bureau of Land Management, The Nature Conservancy, and local ranchers claimed that removing conifers, mainly juniper trees, on public lands increases and improves habitat for sage grouse, big game, and other species that rely on...
by Mike Garrity | Nov 27, 2019 | Grizzly
Additional press on this topic here: https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/10/11/how-the-alliance-for-the-wild-rockies-stopped-trump-from-bulldozing-cabinet-yaak-and-selkirk-grizzly-bears-into-extinction/ Press Release – October 3, 2019 CONTACT: Mike Garrity,...
by Mike Garrity | Nov 27, 2019 | Payette Forest
See coverage of this issue in Counterpunch here: Trump Administration Ignores Court Order Stopping 85,000 Acre Payette Forest Logging and Burning Project, Conservation Groups Sue PRESS RELEASE November 15, 2019 Contact: Mike Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for...
