by Mike Garrity | Jun 4, 2010 | AWR, logging, roads, wilderness
by John S. Adams, Triune Capitol Bureau HELENA — A new Senate committee rewrite of Sen. Jon Tester’s forest bill is circulating among members of the group that helped draft the original measure, but some of the original bills supporters say the proposed changes...
by Mike Garrity | Jun 4, 2010 | AWR, forest, logging, wildlife
by Rob Chaney of the Missoulian A proposal to drop the logging mandate in Sen. Jon Tester’s Forest Jobs and Recreation Act has local Congress-watchers buzzing, but it may be already out of date. A “discussion draft” of Tester’s S. 1470...
by Mike Garrity | May 26, 2010 | AWR, elk, Lewis and Clark National Forest, logging, wildlife
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Missoula, MT — Two conservation groups filed a lawsuit today against the U.S. Forest Service to stop the Ettien Ridge Fuels Reduction Project 22 miles south of Stanford, MT, in...
by Mike Garrity | May 25, 2010 | AWR, bears, Marias River, Teton River
by Eve Byron, Independent Record With grizzly bears being found farther out from the Rocky Mountain Front than in past years, officials with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks are holding community meetings — including one in Wolf Creek next month — to discuss better...
by Mike Garrity | May 10, 2010 | AWR, elk, goshawk, hunting, logging, opinion, pine
by Michael Garrity, Opinion Thanks to the IR for Eve Byron’s excellent article on the proposed Elliston Face timber sale (5-6-10), but there are a couple more important points for readers to consider that didn’t make it into the story. This is the fourth...
by Mike Garrity | May 2, 2010 | AWR, bears, elk, Elk Winter Range, forest, logging, lynx, pine
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Missoula, MT – Two conservation groups, the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council, filed a lawsuit today against the U.S. Forest Service and the U.S....
