by Mike Garrity | Jul 24, 2008 | AWR, fire, logging
by John Cramer Plum Creek Timber Co. has gotten both a black eye and a pat on the back in recent weeks, both having to do with the specter of big chunks of its forestland being chopped up for subdivisions and trophy homes in western Montana. Now, the logging and real...
by Mike Garrity | Jul 19, 2008 | AWR, wildlife, wolves, Yellowstone National Park
by Eve Byron Gray wolves once again are under the protection of the Endangered Species Act, after federal court Judge Donald Molloy ruled late Friday that state management plans in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming will irreparably harm the species’ reintroduction. In...
by Mike Garrity | Jul 2, 2008 | AWR, Crazy Mountains, elk, Gallatin National Forest, logging, roads, Yellowstone National Park
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Two conservation groups, the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council and a local resident, Sharon Hapner, filed a lawsuit yesterday afternoon in Federal...
by Mike Garrity | Jun 27, 2008 | AWR, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, elk, wildlife
by The Standard News Service Helena – A federal timber sale in the Mount Fleecer area southwest of Butte should be stopped because it would violate a Forest Service plan for wildlife and trees, environmental groups say in a lawsuit against the agency and its...
by Mike Garrity | Jun 24, 2008 | AWR, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, elk, goshawk, woodpeckers
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Two conservation groups, the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council filed a lawsuit yesterday afternoon in Federal District Court in Missoula against the...
by Mike Garrity | Jun 24, 2008 | Associated Press, AWR, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, elk, forest, woodpeckers
by The Associated Press Helena – A federal timber sale in southwestern Montana should be stopped because it would violate a Forest Service plan for wildlife and trees, environmental groups say in a lawsuit against the agency and its regional forester, Tom...