by Mike Garrity | Sep 16, 2011 | AWR, bears, beetles, fish, forest, goshawk, Lolo National Forest, lynx, owls, roads, wildlife
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Ecosystems Council, and Montana Ecosystems Defense Council filed a lawsuit today against the U.S. Forest Service to stop the Colt Summit Timber Sale on the Lolo National Forest,...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 8, 2011 | Associated Press, AWR, bears, forest, Lolo National Forest, lynx
by The Associated Press 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...
by Mike Garrity | Jun 18, 2011 | AWR, bears, elk, lynx, wildlife, wolves
by Michael Garrity, guest columnist, The Bozeman Daily Chronicle The Bozeman Chronicle recently editorialized against the Alliance for the Wild Rockies for filing a lawsuit to stop helicopter hazing of Yellowstone grizzly bears. While the Chronicle certainly has the...
by Mike Garrity | Jun 1, 2011 | AWR, bears, bison, buffalo, cattle, Yellowstone National Park
by Carly Flandro, Chronicle Staff Writer, The Bozeman Daily Chronicle About 500 bison remain west of Yellowstone National Park, but Wednesday their time there will come to an end. Low-flying helicopters and horseback riders will begin hazing the animals back into the...
by Mike Garrity | May 19, 2011 | AWR, bears, bison, buffalo, cattle, forest, Yellowstone National Park
by Rob Chaney of the Missoulian The Alliance for the Wild Rockies has filed a lawsuit trying to stop state and federal officials from using helicopters to haze bison into Yellowstone National Park, arguing the tactic also harasses grizzly bears. “We have video...
by Mike Garrity | May 18, 2011 | AWR, bears, bison, buffalo, cattle, Yellowstone National Park
contact Michael Garrity, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Missoula, MT. The Alliance for the Wild Rockies, a Helena, Montana, based non-profit conservation group, has filed a lawsuit to halt repeated low-altitude helicopter flights over occupied grizzly...