by Mike Garrity | Oct 4, 2018 | WILDFIRE
Originally published in the Idaho State Journal. President Donald Trump recently blamed environmental protections for the loss of homes and lives in wildfires in California, and followed up that groundless suggestion by strongly implying that increased logging could...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 14, 2018 | bears, Grizzly
Originally published here… A federal judge has blocked the start of grizzly bear hunting seasons for another two weeks while he finishes a ruling on the legality of ending Endangered Species Act protection for bears around Yellowstone National Park. “There...
by Mike Garrity | Aug 16, 2018 | bull trout
By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho Originally published here… A giant forest project in Idaho is on hold following a ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The decision Monday halts the 125-square-mile (325-square-kilometer) project on the...
by Mike Garrity | Aug 16, 2018 | lynx
Originally posted here… A logging project proposed along the northwestern border of Yellowstone National Park has been halted by a U.S. District Court judge’s ruling. On Aug. 13, Judge Dana Christensen found in favor of the Native Ecosystems Council and the...
by Mike Garrity | Jul 26, 2018 | AWR
Calling it “one of the worst logging projects in decades,” Mike Garrity, Executive Director for the Alliance for the Wild Rockies announced today that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in the Alliance’s favor in its legal challenge to the East...
