by Mike Garrity | Feb 16, 2010 | AWR, roads, wilderness, wildlife
by Bill Schneider UPDATED, 10 am, 2-18-10: After seeing this article, two more former MWA council members, Susan Colvin and Dan Heinz (past vice-president) have joined the list and signed the letter opposing Tester’s bill, bringing the total to 18. Anybody who...
by Mike Garrity | Feb 11, 2010 | AWR, fish, wildlife
by George Ochenski, political analyst for the Independent How environmental advocates beat political perfidy Many years ago, while snorkeling the North Fork of the Flathead River, I slipped into a large eddy behind a fallen tree to rest and watch the incredibly clear...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 14, 2010 | AWR, fish, forest, logging, mining, polar bear, roads, wildlife
by Jeff Barnard AP Environmental Writer Fish and Wildlife proposes another reversal of Bush policy, this time on bull trout habitat In another reversal of Bush administration Endangered Species Act policy, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants to more than...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 13, 2010 | Associated Press, AWR, fish, Flathead National Forest, Lewis and Clark National Forest
by Rob Chaney of the Missoulian Threatened bull trout have won a huge increase in the amount of critical habitat that now qualifies for federal oversight. On Wednesday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reversed Bush administration policy and published new rules to...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 13, 2010 | AWR, fish, logging, mining, roads, wildlife
by Jeff Barnard, Ap Environmental Writer GRANTS PASS, Ore. — In another reversal of Bush administration Endangered Species Act policy, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants to more than quadruple habitat protections for the bull trout, a fish that has been harmed...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 13, 2010 | AWR, fish, forest, logging
by Matthew Preusch, The Oregonian In a sharp course change from current federal policy, the Obama administration said Wednesday it wants far more of Oregon and four other western states set aside to protect a native, wide-ranging fish called the bull trout. It would...
