by Mike Garrity | Mar 29, 2010 | AWR, bears, fish, mining
MISSOULA, Montana, March 29, 2010 (ENS) – Environmental groups today declared victory for bull trout, grizzly bears and the people of northwest Montana, when a federal judge rejected the U.S. Forest Service’s approval of a proposed silver and copper mine...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 29, 2010 | AWR, bears, Cabinet Mountains, fire, mining, wilderness
by Michael Jamison of the Missoulian TROY – A controversial mine that would tunnel beneath the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness was put on hold Monday when a federal judge rejected Forest Service approval of the proposed copper and silver operation. “From our...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 25, 2010 | AWR, beetles, fire, fish, forest, opinion
by George Wuerthner, Opinion The current pine beetle “outbreak” that has led to tree mortality among Rocky Mountain forests has prompted some people to suggest that beetles are “destroying” our forests and that beetle-killed trees will...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 11, 2010 | AWR, forest, logging, wildlife
by Nick Gevock Montana groups top in nation for fighting wildfire reduction projects Only one out of 50 U.S. Forest Service projects to reduce wildfire risk gets challenged in court nationwide, but in the region including Montana environmental groups sue at the...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 10, 2010 | AWR, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, grouse
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Seattle – The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of three conservation groups yesterday in their lawsuit against the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest...
