by Mike Garrity | May 21, 2013 | Associated Press, AWR, lynx, trapping
Forest Service Must Modify Lynx Protections Groups Sue Montana over Trapping of Imperiled Lynx Lawsuit filed to Protect Lynx from Trapping Groups Sue to Stop Trapping in Lynx Areas Groups Sue to End Trapping in 15 Montana Counties Imperiled Canada Lynx Caught in Traps...
by Mike Garrity | May 21, 2013 | Associated Press, AWR, bears, bison, buffalo, Yellowstone National Park
by Associated Press A federal appeals court denied a request to block the use of a helicopter to haze wild bison as officials in southwestern Montana wrapped up the annual drive of the animals back into Yellowstone National Park. A three-judge panel from the 9th U.S....
by Mike Garrity | Apr 23, 2013 | Associated Press, AWR, bears
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 threatened species. The U.S....
by Mike Garrity | Mar 27, 2013 | Associated Press, AWR, Lolo National Forest, lynx
by Associated Press HELENA, Mont. — A federal judge says he will continue to block a collaborative forest-management project that includes logging 2,038 acres because the U.S. Forest Service did not submit a proper response to his order to analyze its effects on lynx...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 21, 2013 | Associated Press, AWR, lynx, trapping, wolves
by The Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Three conservation groups are suing Montana in an attempt to force wildlife regulators to halt trapping in much of northwestern and southwestern Montana. They are seeking to end the trapping of wolves and fur-bearing...
by Mike Garrity | Nov 30, 2012 | Associated Press, AWR, trapping, wolverines
by Matthew Brown, Associated Press The fierce but elusive wolverine got a last-minute reprieve Friday from a trapping season due to start this weekend in Montana, after a state judge issued a restraining order sought by conservationists who say climate change...
