by Mike Garrity | May 13, 2013 | AWR, bears, bison, buffalo
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 The Alliance for the Wild Rockies filed an Emergency Motion with the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit yesterday seeking a federal injunction to halt...
by Mike Garrity | Apr 23, 2013 | Associated Press, AWR, bears
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A conservation group is suing the federal government for failing to reclassify a small population of grizzly bears as endangered. The estimated 42 Cabinet-Yaak grizzly bears in northwestern Montana are considered a threatened species. The U.S....
by Mike Garrity | Mar 28, 2013 | AWR, bears, lynx
by Rob Chaney Ah, the difference two letters make. A U.S. District Court judge rejected a new version of the Colt-Summit forest project near Seeley Lake because the U.S. Forest Service didn’t follow his instructions. “The summary judgment order plainly...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 28, 2013 | AWR, bears, bison, Yellowstone National Park
by Eve Byron, Independent Record A conservation group in Helena filed a notice Thursday that it will appeal a federal court judge’s ruling that allows for helicopter hazing of bison to resume this spring near Yellowstone National Park. Mike Garrity, executive...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 27, 2013 | AWR, bears, bison, Yellowstone National Park
by Laura Lundquist, Chronicle Staff Writer Less than two months before bison must be pushed back into Yellowstone National Park, a judge has issued a ruling that will allow Montana authorities to use helicopters to haze the animals. On Tuesday in Missoula, U.S....
by Mike Garrity | Mar 21, 2013 | AWR, bears, logging, lynx, wolverines
by Laura Lundquist, Chronicle Staff Writer An environmental group is suing for a second time to stop a timber sale in the Hebgen Basin. On Wednesday, the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and the Native Ecosystems Council filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Missoula...
