by Mike Garrity | May 24, 2013 | AWR, bears, elk, forest, roads
Summary judgment is also granted in favor of Plaintiffs on their claims under the ESA. The Court concludes that the case must be remanded to the Wildlife Service to consider whether lynx “may be present” in the Forest because the Wildlife Service...
by Mike Garrity | May 24, 2013 | Associated Press, AWR, bears, elk, logging, lynx, roads
by The Associated Press HELENA — A judge on Friday blocked a logging project in Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest and ordered two federal agencies to take another look at the effects on lynx, grizzly bears and elk that may be in the area. The Fleecer Mountains...
by Mike Garrity | May 21, 2013 | Associated Press, AWR, bears, bison, buffalo, Yellowstone National Park
by Associated Press A federal appeals court denied a request to block the use of a helicopter to haze wild bison as officials in southwestern Montana wrapped up the annual drive of the animals back into Yellowstone National Park. A three-judge panel from the 9th U.S....
by Mike Garrity | May 21, 2013 | AWR, bears, bison, buffalo, Yellowstone National Park
by Laura Lundquist, Chronicle Staff Writer An appeals court has denied a temporary injunction to halt helicopter use in bison hazing operations. On Monday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied a temporary injunction filed by the Alliance for Wild Rockies to...
by Mike Garrity | May 14, 2013 | AWR, bears, Kootenai National Forest, lynx
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Conservationists File Lawsuit to Protect Rare Species from Going Extinct in Kootenai National Forest Missoula, MT — Located in the far Northwest corner of Montana, the...
by Mike Garrity | May 14, 2013 | AWR, bears, Kootenai National Forest, lynx
by Rob Chaney, Missoulian A coalition of environmental groups have sued to block a U.S. Forest Service timber sale in the Rexford Ranger District of northwest Montana, claiming the proposed clearcuts would hurt lynx and grizzly bears there. “In spite of these...
