by Mike Garrity | Feb 3, 2007 | AWR, forest, logging
by Jeffrey St. Clair “The Dark Ages. They haven’t ended yet.” —Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. A kind of political narcolepsy has settled over the American environmental movement. Call it eco-ennui. You may know the feeling: restlessness, lack of direction,...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 27, 2007 | AWR, bears, elk, Gallatin National Forest, logging, lynx, Yellowstone National Park
by Andrew Buncombe in Washington Not one brick has been laid, not one piece of timber has been erected. But already this home comes with a price tag of $155m (£79m) and has triggered considerable controversy. The price for the property being planned for central...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 22, 2006 | AWR, Yellowstone National Park
Edmonds Institute (EI) Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) Alliance for Wild Rockies (AWR) PRESS RELEASE — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE contacts EI: Beth Burrows, (425) 775-5383, beb@igc.org Mike Bader, (406) 721-4835, mbader@montana.com PEER: Jeff Ruch,...
by Mike Garrity | Jul 8, 2006 | AWR, bears, forest, logging, roads, wildlife
by James Hagengruber Spokesman Review Staff Writer Environmentalists say logging would further threaten bears in Selkirks Helicopters hauling logs out of North Idaho’s grizzly bear country threaten the bears almost as much as using logging trucks, according to a...
by Mike Garrity | Jul 7, 2006 | AWR, bears, logging, roads
contacts Michael Garrity, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Liz Sedler, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (208) 263-5281 SPOKANE— A conservation group turned to the federal courts to protect critically endangered grizzly bears in the Selkirk Mountains in...
by Mike Garrity | Jul 3, 2006 | AWR, Dixie National Forest, goshawk, logging
by Christy Karras The Salt Lake Tribune Conservation groups won a battle against logging in Dixie National Forest with a court decision that halts a planned clear-cut on the Aquarius Plateau near Escalante. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that the...
