by Mike Garrity | Jan 30, 2004 | AWR, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, bison, buffalo, cattle, cows, elk, Gallatin National Forest, grouse, wolves
by Perry Backus, The Montana Standard – 01/30/2004 ENNIS – Three environmental groups have taken the Forest Service to task over its proposed update of grazing allotments in the southern portion of the Gravelly Range, in southwest Montana. But a local...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 24, 2004 | AWR, bobcats, lynx
by James Hagengruber Spokesman Review January 24, 2004 Only one or two Canada lynx are believed to still roam the mountains of North Idaho. The Forest Service hopes to protect these elusive cats, and others in the region’s high-elevation forests, by limiting the...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 7, 2004 | AWR, bears, Gallatin National Forest, logging
contacts The Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Michael Garrity, (406) 459-5936 Native Ecosystems Council, Sara Johnson, (406) 285-3611 The Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Native Ecosystems Council and The Ecology Center announced today that they won their appeal stopping...
by Mike Garrity | Dec 10, 2003 | AWR, bears, bison, buffalo, elk, logging
contact Betsy Hawkings, Congressman Shays, (202) 225-5541 Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act Co-Sponsored by Over 100 WASHINGTON – Lead sponsors Representatives Christopher Shays (R-CT) and Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), were joined today by singer/songwriter and...
by Mike Garrity | Dec 9, 2003 | Associated Press, AWR, bears, forest, Kootenai National Forest, logging, roads
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) – A timber sale in the Kootenai National Forest on the Idaho border has been delayed as officials consider its impact on grizzly bears. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has withdrawn its approval for the White Pine timber sale, pressured...
by Mike Garrity | Dec 8, 2003 | AWR, bears, fire, Kootenai National Forest, logging, Lolo National Forest, roads
by Sonja Lee Great Falls Tribune Helena National Forest officials would like to harvest 20 million to 25 million board feet of commercial timber from an area that burned in the Snow Talon Fire near Lincoln. The August fire charred about 37,700 acres, and the Forest...
