by Mike Garrity | Oct 11, 2012 | Associated Press, AWR, trapping, wolverines
by Associated Press BILLINGS — A coalition of groups trying to halt wolverine trapping in Montana filed a lawsuit Thursday that aims to provide new protections for an animal scientists warn will be imperiled by climate change in coming decades. Montana is the only...
by Mike Garrity | Oct 11, 2012 | AWR, trapping, wolverines
by Eve Byron, Independent Record Eight conservation groups and one individual are asking a Helena judge to stop Montana’s wolverine trapping season, saying their population is “imperiled” and that the animal is a candidate for protection under...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 27, 2012 | AWR, Gallatin National Forest, logging
by Laura Lundquist, Chronicle Staff Writer This summer’s Millie fire prompted renewed calls for thinning the forests south of Bozeman to protect the city’s water supply from fire. However, upgrades to the water plant are nullifying the argument that the...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 27, 2012 | AWR, Bozeman Watershed, East Boulder Creek, fire, Gallatin National Forest, logging
Bozeman Watershed (png) East Boulder Creek (PDF) Water Supply Less Vulnerable to Fire Environmental Groups Sue to Stop Logging Projects Conservations Groups Sue Over Gallatin National Forest Logging Projects Conservation Groups File Lawsuit...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 18, 2012 | Associated Press, AWR, Gallatin National Forest, Lewis and Clark National Forest, Little Belt Mountain, logging
by Associated Press GREAT FALLS — Two conservation groups filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service arguing the agency should have completed a more thorough environmental review of a plan to cut down trees killed by mountain pine beetles in the Little Belt...
