by Mike Garrity | Aug 13, 2011 | Associated Press, AWR, hunting, wolves
by Associated Press BOISE, Idaho — Environmentalists have asked a federal appeals court for an emergency injunction to halt wolf hunts scheduled to start in a few weeks in Idaho and Montana. The request filed by the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and other groups with...
by Mike Garrity | May 15, 2011 | Associated Press, AWR, forest, logging, lynx, Yellowstone National Park
by Todd Dvorak, Associated Press BOISE, Idaho — A pair of environmental groups has filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the merits of a proposed 7,000-acre logging project in federal forest on the western border of Yellowstone National Park. Attorneys for the...
by Mike Garrity | Apr 10, 2011 | Associated Press, AWR, wolves
by The Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A federal judge has blocked a proposal to lift the endangered species protections for wolves in Montana and Idaho that had been hammered out by U.S. wildlife officials and conservation groups. The plan could have led to...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 18, 2011 | Associated Press, AWR, bobcats, forest, Gallatin National Forest, Lewis and Clark National Forest, Lolo National Forest, lynx
by Eve Byron, Independent Record Critical habitat for Canada lynx will be re-evaluated by the federal government in three states, after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service withdrew its appeal of a ruling by a federal court judge in Missoula. U.S. District Court Judge...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 17, 2011 | Associated Press, AWR, lynx
by Matthew Brown, Associated Press BILLINGS — Wildlife officials have dropped their appeal of a court ruling that forces the government to revise its flawed plan to protect critical habitat for Canada lynx. The move means the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will have...
by Mike Garrity | Dec 11, 2010 | Associated Press, AWR, logging
Hello: As you may have heard, Senator Tester is attempting to attach his logging bill onto the Senate’s Continuing Resolution (CR) bill, which is a required, must pass bill to fund the US Government until September 2011. Two hours after the following inquiry was...
