by Mike Garrity | Feb 11, 2009 | Associated Press, AWR, bears, caribou, elk, hunting, logging, wilderness, wolves
by Matthew Daly, Associated Press Writer A New York congresswoman has again introduced a wide-reaching wilderness protection bill that would ban logging, oil exploration and other development on 23 million acres across five Northwestern states. As in previous years,...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 9, 2009 | Associated Press, AWR, fish, logging, mining
by The Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) – The U.S. Justice Department may soften its stance in a lawsuit by Montana environmental activists who sought certain habitat protections for bull trout. The threatened species needs clean and cold water, a need that...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 3, 2009 | Associated Press, AWR, forest, logging, Salmon National Forest
by The Associated Press Boise, Idaho – The U.S. Forest Service settled a lawsuit by environmentalists fighting a proposed timber sale near the central Idaho town of Salmon by agreeing to scale back logging that was meant to reduce fuels. In May, the Alliance for...
by Mike Garrity | Aug 5, 2008 | Associated Press, AWR, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, goshawk, grouse, rabbits
by Katie Oyan of the Associated Press HELENA – Dillon District Ranger Tom Osen has withdrawn his decision to implement a prescribed burn in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, citing a ruling by a federal appeals court. The Birch Creek project involved...
by Mike Garrity | Jun 24, 2008 | Associated Press, AWR, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, elk, forest, woodpeckers
by The Associated Press Helena – A federal timber sale in southwestern Montana should be stopped because it would violate a Forest Service plan for wildlife and trees, environmental groups say in a lawsuit against the agency and its regional forester, Tom...
by Mike Garrity | Oct 18, 2007 | Associated Press, AWR, bears, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, bison, buffalo, caribou, elk, logging, roads, wilderness
Lee Newspapers/Missoulian Bozeman Chronicle E&E Daily Associated Press Easterners, Westerners argue over wilderness bill by Mary Clare Jalonick WASHINGTON – Eastern and Western members of the U.S. House clashed sharply Thursday over legislation that would...
