by Mike Garrity | Nov 9, 2014 | AWR, bears, logging, lynx
by Tom Kuglin, Independent Record While many people may decry litigious environmental groups and point fingers at judges that rule in the groups’ favor, it’s hard to deny that they have often prevailed in court, and the federal government has been found in...
by Mike Garrity | Oct 26, 2014 | AWR, opinion, timber
by Michael Garrity, Opinion The IR’s recent article on citizen enforcement of natural resource laws would have been more informative for readers had it concentrated on why the Forest Service keeps losing lawsuits over and over for the same reasons instead of the...
by Mike Garrity | Oct 13, 2014 | AWR, Cabin Gulch, Helena National Forest, logging, timber
by Michael Garrity, Opinion, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies The Oct. 1 article in the IR about the Cabin Gulch logging project reports a claim by the manager of the RY Timber mill in Townsend that the Forest Service makes money on logging. However,...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 26, 2014 | AWR, logging, roads, Swan Valley
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 The Federal District Court in Missoula ruled yesterday for four conservation groups, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Swan View Coalition, Friends of the Wild Swan, and Native...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 26, 2014 | AWR, bears, bull trout, elk, forest, roads, Stillwater State Forest, Swan Valley, timber
by Dillon Tabish A federal judge has halted a logging project near Lindbergh Lake in the Swan Valley, siding with conservation groups that argued the U.S. Forest Service had disobeyed environmental laws. U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy on Thursday blocked the...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 26, 2014 | AWR, Lindbergh Lake, logging
Judge Halts Glacier Loon Timber Sale in Swan Valley Conservationist Coalition Halts Lindbergh Lake logging Court Order, Sept. 25, 2014 (PDF) Related Stories from 2013 Conservation Groups Sue Over Timber Sale Around Lindbergh Lake Compliant, June 24, 2014 (PDF) Project...
