by Mike Garrity | Nov 4, 2011 | AWR, bears, fish, roads, wolves
by John S. Adams, Great Falls Tribune Capital Bureau Chief HELENA — A sweeping bill that would designate 23 million acres of roadless public lands in five Northern Rockies states as wilderness was reintroduced in Congress this week. The acreage falls in Montana,...
by Mike Garrity | Oct 6, 2011 | AWR, bears, elk, fish, forest, lynx, opinion
by Michael Garrity, Guest column, Opinion How ironic is it that while the Missoulian was chastising the Alliance for the Wild Rockies for filing a lawsuit to protect the environment in its editorial last Sunday (Oct. 2) the Alliance, the Environmental Protection...
by Mike Garrity | Oct 6, 2011 | AWR, bears, elk, fish, opinion
by Michael Garrity, Guest column, Opinion How ironic is it that while the Missoulian was chastising the Alliance for the Wild Rockies for filing a lawsuit to protect the environment in its editorial last Sunday (Oct. 2) the Alliance, the Environmental Protection...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 28, 2011 | AWR, bears, Helena National Forest
by Eve Byron, Independent Record Aerial application of herbicides including clopyralid and picloram is planned to take place next week on 1,200 acres in the Ogden Mountain and Nevada Mountain areas to try to knock back spotted knapweed infestations, but it may be...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 20, 2011 | AWR, bears, fish, forest, logging, lynx, University of Montana
by Rob Chaney of the Missoulian A lawsuit challenging a timber sale north of Seeley Lake shows either the U.S. Forest Service can’t follow the law or some environmental groups can’t agree to work together. The Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Friends of the...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 18, 2011 | Associated Press, AWR, bears, fish, Lolo National Forest, lynx, wildlife
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Four conservation groups have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service in federal court seeking to halt a 2,038-acre logging plan contained in a restoration project for the Lolo National Forest about 10 miles north of Seeley Lake. The...