by Mike Garrity | Nov 20, 2014 | AWR, bears
Contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today for the Alliance for the Wild Rockies on their lawsuit trying to stop hazing of grizzly bears by Helicopters near Yellowstone...
by Mike Garrity | Nov 20, 2014 | AWR, bears, bison, buffalo, Yellowstone National Park
by Laura Lundquist, Chronicle Staff Writer Despite an appellate court’s ruling allowing helicopter hazing of bison, an environmental group is happy about the precedent they won: namely the standing they can use in future lawsuits. On Thursday, the 9th Circuit...
by Mike Garrity | Nov 20, 2014 | AWR, bears, bison, buffalo
Environmental Group Claims Victory in Ruling on Helicopter Hazing of Bison Ninth Circuit Court Rules for Alliance for the Wild Rockies on Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Hazing Court Order (PDF)
by Mike Garrity | Nov 9, 2014 | AWR, bears, logging, lynx
by Tom Kuglin, Independent Record While many people may decry litigious environmental groups and point fingers at judges that rule in the groups’ favor, it’s hard to deny that they have often prevailed in court, and the federal government has been found in...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 26, 2014 | AWR, bears, bull trout, elk, forest, roads, Stillwater State Forest, Swan Valley, timber
by Dillon Tabish A federal judge has halted a logging project near Lindbergh Lake in the Swan Valley, siding with conservation groups that argued the U.S. Forest Service had disobeyed environmental laws. U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy on Thursday blocked the...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 11, 2014 | AWR, bears, BLM, logging, lynx
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) pulled a previous decision to go forward with a 2,700-acre clearcutting, thinning, and road-building project after the Alliance for the Wild...