by Mike Garrity | Jan 17, 2013 | AWR, bears, logging, pine
by Rob Chaney of the Missoulian A pair of Montana environmental groups have accused the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of stalling efforts to give federal protection to whitebark pine trees, which are disappearing from the northern Rocky Mountains. “Whitebark...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 16, 2013 | AWR, bears, pine
contact Steve Kelly, Alliance for the Wild Rockies (406) 586-4421 Matthew Koehler, WildWest Institute (406) 396-0321 “The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has already concluded that whitebark pine faces numerous threats, including climate change, that are so...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 8, 2013 | AWR, wolverines
by Rob Chaney of the Missoulian Wolverine trapping in Montana effectively ended on Monday after a court case challenging its legality looks to last beyond the season’s end. And an anticipated federal rule could put the rare predator on the Endangered Species...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 7, 2013 | AWR, trapping, wolverines
by Eve Byron, Independent Record AGENCY VOWS TO CHALLENGE THE OVERALL LAWSUIT SEEKING TO HALT THE ACTIVITY Montana’s 2012/2013 wolverine trapping season essentially ended before it started, after Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks decided not to contest a...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 7, 2013 | AWR, trapping, wolverines
by Laura Lundquist, Chronicle Staff Writer Wolverines won’t be trapped in Montana this season and possibly for many years to come. On Monday, Lewis and Clark County District Court Judge Jeffrey Sherlock agreed to cancel a Jan. 10 hearing that could have stopped...
