by Mike Garrity | Oct 3, 2011 | AWR, fish
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 “This is easily Montana’s most far-reaching environmental victory in a decade,” said Mike Garrity, Executive Director of the Alliance for the Wild Rockies, of...
by Mike Garrity | Oct 3, 2011 | AWR, fish
by Laura Zuckerman, Reuters SALMON, Idaho, Oct 3 (Reuters) – A federal judge has approved a far-reaching settlement giving Montana until 2014 to clean up polluted streams and lakes in 28 watersheds across the state, capping nearly 15 years of legal battles,...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 28, 2011 | AWR, bears, Helena National Forest
by Eve Byron, Independent Record Aerial application of herbicides including clopyralid and picloram is planned to take place next week on 1,200 acres in the Ogden Mountain and Nevada Mountain areas to try to knock back spotted knapweed infestations, but it may be...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 20, 2011 | AWR, bears, fish, forest, logging, lynx, University of Montana
by Rob Chaney of the Missoulian A lawsuit challenging a timber sale north of Seeley Lake shows either the U.S. Forest Service can’t follow the law or some environmental groups can’t agree to work together. The Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Friends of the...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 18, 2011 | Associated Press, AWR, bears, fish, Lolo National Forest, lynx, wildlife
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Four conservation groups have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service in federal court seeking to halt a 2,038-acre logging plan contained in a restoration project for the Lolo National Forest about 10 miles north of Seeley Lake. The...
