by Mike Garrity | Nov 25, 2016 | Associated Press, AWR, lynx
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Originally published here: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/11/24/us/ap-us-threatened-species-logging.html HELENA, Mont. — A federal judge blocked a logging project northeast of Yellowstone National Park until federal officials analyze the...
by Mike Garrity | Jul 1, 2014 | Associated Press, AWR, bears, Kootenai National Forest
by Associated Press HELENA — A federal judge has blocked a logging project in the Kootenai National Forest over concerns that roads built for the project may harm a threatened population of grizzly bears. In approving the 36,600-acre Pilgrim project, the U.S. Forest...
by Mike Garrity | Apr 23, 2014 | Associated Press, AWR, bears
by The Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A conservation group is suing the federal government for failing to reclassify a small population of grizzly bears as endangered. The estimated 42 Cabinet-Yaak grizzly bears in northwestern Montana are considered a...
by Mike Garrity | Apr 4, 2014 | Associated Press, AWR, fish
PORTLAND, OR. (AP) — Conservation groups have filed a lawsuit demanding the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finish developing recovery plans for bull trout, a threatened species that has gone 15 years without a blueprint for saving it from extinction. The lawsuit was...
by Mike Garrity | Feb 6, 2014 | Associated Press, AWR, forest, logging, USDA
by Matt Volz, Associated Press HELENA — The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday it will spend $30 million this year on forest restoration projects in 12 states to reduce the threat of wildfires, protect water quality and improve wildlife habitat for at-risk...
by Mike Garrity | Oct 22, 2013 | Associated Press, AWR, bears, Kootenai National Forest, logging
by The Associated Press HELENA — An appeals court has temporarily blocked a Kootenai National Forest logging project under review for its possible effects on a small, threatened grizzly bear population. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday issued a two-week...
