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 | Apr 8, 2011 | AWR, Gallatin National Forest, logging, lynx, roads
by Gazette Staff Three conservation groups are appealing a timber project south of Bozeman, saying the Gallatin National Forest is violating its own standards as well as building roads in critical lynx habitat. The Bozeman Municipal Watershed project has been promoted...
by Mike Garrity | Apr 4, 2011 | AWR, bears, elk, fish, Gallatin National Forest, logging, lynx, roads, wildlife
contacts Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Steve Kelly, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, 586-4421 Bozeman, MT — Three conservation groups, the Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Montana Ecosystem Defense Council and Native...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 29, 2011 | AWR, bears, goshawk, Lewis and Clark National Forest, logging, lynx
by Eve Byron, Independent Record It’s back to the drawing board for a portion of the Benchmark Fuels Reduction Project along the Rocky Mountain Front near Augusta. For the second time, a hearings officer has sided with two environmental groups — the Alliance for...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 29, 2011 | AWR, forest, goshawk, logging, lynx, squirrels
by Richard Ecke, Tribune Staff Writer Some 763 acres of forests in the Benchmark area west of Augusta would not be logged or burned under the reversal of an earlier U.S. Forest Service decision. “We’re pleased to announce that the Forest Service has...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 29, 2011 | AWR, forest, logging
by Daniel Person and Carly Flandro, Chronicle Staff Writers At her home outside Three Forks last week, Sara Johnson was printing out plans for a federal logging project in South Dakota’s Black Hills. If things go the way they often do, Johnson will submit...
