by Mike Garrity | Jul 27, 2014 | AWR, logging, Nez Perce National Forest
9th Circuit Silences Idaho Logging Operation
by Mike Garrity | Jul 27, 2014 | AWR, logging, Nez Perce National Forest, wildlife
by George Prentice A logging operation, which just recently started up in North-Central Idaho but has been the target of environmentalists for more than two years, has been told to silence its blades. The Little Slate Project covers about two square miles in the...
by Mike Garrity | Jul 1, 2014 | Associated Press, AWR, bears, Kootenai National Forest
by Associated Press HELENA — A federal judge has blocked a logging project in the Kootenai National Forest over concerns that roads built for the project may harm a threatened population of grizzly bears. In approving the 36,600-acre Pilgrim project, the U.S. Forest...
by Mike Garrity | Jun 22, 2014 | AWR, farm, logging
Conservation Groups File First Lawsuit against Logging Designated under Farm Bill Lawsuit Challenges Expedited West Yellowstone Logging Project
by Mike Garrity | Jun 22, 2014 | AWR, Gallatin National Forest, logging, Yellowstone National Park
by Tom Kuglin, Independent Record Two conservation groups made the first legal challenge to a logging operation excluded from environmental analysis and public review under the 2014 Farm Bill. On Thursday, the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems...
by Mike Garrity | Jun 21, 2014 | AWR, lynx
by Laura Lundquist, Chronicle Staff Writer The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed a new lynx habitat rule after being sanctioned by a federal district judge in Missoula. On Thursday, the USFWS published draft economic and environmental analyses of the areas...
