by Mike Garrity | Mar 27, 2012 | AWR, elk, roads
by Gazette Staff A federal judge has ordered the Forest Service to halt implementation of a logging project in the largest island of public land in southeastern Montana and to issue a supplemental environmental impact statement to address deficiencies in its first...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 27, 2012 | AWR, forest, logging, pine, roads
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Steve Kelly, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 586-4221 The Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council filed a lawsuit in federal court to halt a massive...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 14, 2012 | AWR, wolves
by Rob Chaney of the Missoulian Shielding the delisting of Rocky Mountain gray wolves from court review didn’t violate the Constitution’s separation of powers doctrine, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday. A three-judge panel unanimously...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 14, 2012 | AWR, wolves
by Rocky Barker The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy’s decision that Congress did not violate the Constitution when it delisted wolves in the Rocky Mountains. Idaho Republican Rep. Mike Simpson authored the rider to the...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 14, 2012 | AWR, wolves
by Dennis Bragg (KPAX/KAJ Media Center) SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals says Congress was within its power when it ordered wolves in the Northern Rockies taken off the Endangered Species List last year. The ruling came Wednesday morning in the...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 14, 2012 | AWR, wolves
by Tim Hull (CN) — The government can remove the Northern Rocky Mountain Gray Wolf from the Endangered Species List, the 9th Circuit ruled Wednesday, paving the way for continued hunting of the predators in several western states. The federal appeals court in Pasadena...
