by Mike Garrity | Mar 28, 2011 | AWR, wolves
by Daniel Person, Chronicle Staff Writer Not mincing words, Steve Kelly described the Alliance for the Wild Rockies approach to environmentalism in terms of war. “It’s been a battle for policy,” said Kelly, of Bozeman, one of the group’s...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 22, 2011 | AWR, bears, Kootenai National Forest, logging, roads
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 The Kootenai National Forest has dropped an appeal of a federal court ruling that halted three planned road-building and logging projects on public land in occupied habitat for...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 13, 2011 | AWR, wolves
by Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 During his 2006 campaign against then-Sen. Conrad Burns, candidate Jon Tester made many promises. Among them, Tester promised he wouldn’t use “riders,” which are...
by Mike Garrity | Feb 23, 2011 | AWR, bears, elk, fish, logging, lynx, opinion, squirrels
by Michael Garrity, Opinion A Feb. 11 opinion column in the Tribune alleged that an appeal of the Benchmark logging proposal was somehow “irresponsible.” Nothing could be further from the truth. The Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems...
by Mike Garrity | Feb 17, 2011 | AWR, cattle, elk, wildlife, wolves, Yellowstone National Park
by Eve Byron, The Independent Record In a bold move against federal authority of gray wolves in Montana, Gov. Brian Schweitzer has called for entire packs to be killed in the Bitterroot Valley to protect the dwindling elk population there, and has directed Montana...
