by Mike Garrity | May 6, 2003 | AWR, forest, logging, Lolo National Forest, lynx
by Molly Villamana, Greenwire reporter Roughly 35 million board feet of timber slated for harvest in Montana’s Lolo National Forest will remain standing unless state regulators establish water quality standards for rivers and streams affected by the logging and...
by Mike Garrity | Apr 28, 2003 | AWR, fish, Lolo National Forest
contacts Michael Garrity, (406) 459-5936 Bob Clark (406) 549-1142 Eric Huber (303) 449-5595 MISSOULA Judge Molloy rules that the Forest Service must protect water quality and stops Lolo Post Burn logging project. Federal District Judge Donald Molloy ruled in a...
by Mike Garrity | Apr 16, 2003 | AWR, forest, logging, roads
by Eve Byron, Independent Record Staff Writer Seven appeals have been filed in opposition to a Helena National Forest management plan for the Clancy/Unionville area south of town. Five of the appeals came from motorized vehicle proponents, who mainly claim that the...
by Mike Garrity | Apr 4, 2003 | AWR, bears, Cabinet Mountains, Kootenai National Forest, pine
MISSOULA—In a letter to the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it was withdrawing its decision to give a green light to the White Pine timber sale on the Kootenai National Forest. The Forest Service must now initiate “formal...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 18, 2003 | AWR, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, logging
contacts Michael Garrity, The Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Sara Johnson, Native Ecosystems Council, (406) 285-3611 The Alliance for the Wild Rockies, The Ecology Center and Native Ecosystems Council announced today that the Forest Service withdrew...
by Mike Garrity | Feb 10, 2003 | AWR, bears, Kootenai National Forest, pine, wildlife
contacts Michael Garrity, (406) 459-5936, (406) 721-5420 Dan Rohlf, (503) 768-6707 MISSOULA—A Montana-based conservation organization has filed a notice to sue the U.S. Forest Service for violations of the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA). In a related action, the...
