by Mike Garrity | Jan 7, 2006 | Associated Press, AWR, fish
by Perry Backus of the Missoulian The two Montana-based environmental groups that forced the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to designate critical habitat for bull trout now say the agency didn’t go far enough. Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Friends of the...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 30, 2005 | Associated Press, AWR, Targhee National Forest
by The Associated Press BOISE — A federal judge has stopped two timber sales in eastern Idaho’s Targhee National Forest after determining the Forest Service doctored data to show the area had more old growth trees than may actually be standing in the region just...
by Mike Garrity | Oct 3, 2004 | Associated Press, AWR, Gallatin National Forest, logging, wildlife, Yellowstone National Park
by Associated Press HELENA – A federal appeals court has temporarily halted a timber sale in the Gallatin National Forest that environmentalists claim would damage wildlife habitat near Yellowstone National Park, an attorney said Sunday. The 9th U.S. Circuit...
by Mike Garrity | Jun 23, 2004 | Associated Press, AWR, fish, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, roads
by Sandra Chereb, Associated Press Writer RENO, Nev. (AP) — The Jarbidge River – home to the southernmost population of bull trout and a source of contention between the federal government and citizen activists – would be declared critical habitat for the...
by Mike Garrity | May 12, 2004 | Associated Press, AWR, bears, forest, Idaho Panhandle National Forest, Kootenai National Forest, Lolo National Forest, roads
Associated Press MISSOULA (AP) – Seven environmental groups filed an administrative appeal Monday, saying a Forest Service plan doesn’t close enough roads to help protect grizzly bears in the Lolo, Kootenai and Idaho Panhandle national forests. Grizzly...
by Mike Garrity | Dec 9, 2003 | Associated Press, AWR, bears, forest, Kootenai National Forest, logging, roads
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) – A timber sale in the Kootenai National Forest on the Idaho border has been delayed as officials consider its impact on grizzly bears. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has withdrawn its approval for the White Pine timber sale, pressured...
