by Mike Garrity | Mar 1, 2013 | AWR, cattle, grouse, logging
by Francis Davis of The Montana Standard Two environmental groups suing Forest Service to stop 3,400-acre timber thinning in Pioneers near Wise River Attorneys for the U.S. Forest Service and regional forester Supervisor Faye Krueger filed court papers in U.S....
by Mike Garrity | May 17, 2012 | AWR, bears, bison, buffalo, cattle, cows, hazing, Yellowstone National Park
‘Til the Cows Come Home U.S. Judge Halts Aerial Herding of Yellowstone Bison Judge Issues Restraining Order Against Helicopter Use in Bison Hazing Federal Judge Halts Low-Level Helicopter Bison Hazing to Protect Yellowstone Grizzlies Order, May 14, 2012 (doc) Cattle...
by Mike Garrity | May 17, 2012 | AWR, bears, bison, cattle, cows, Yellowstone National Park
by George Ochenski How much longer will we haze bison with helicopters? It’s springtime in the Rockies and that means the brutal practice of hazing bison off federal lands to make room for cattle is once again in full swing, as state and federal agents seek to...
by Mike Garrity | May 12, 2012 | AWR, bison, cattle, Yellowstone National Park
by Laura Lundquist, Chronicle Staff Writer Meant to clarify the process of managing bison, the Interagency Bison Management Plan this week is providing fodder for a bison tug-of-war between opposing groups. On Friday, the Montana Farm Bureau released a statement...
by Mike Garrity | May 11, 2012 | AWR, bears, bison, buffalo, cattle, Yellowstone National Park
by Marnee Banks (KXLH Helena) HELENA — A non-profit group is asking a federal court judge to stop the state from using helicopters to herd bison. The Alliance for the Wild Rockies filed the injunction this week claiming the use of low flying helicopters to herd bison...
by Mike Garrity | May 9, 2012 | AWR, bears, bison, buffalo, cattle, Yellowstone National Park
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 As helicopters took to the air to haze bison into Yellowstone Park, the Alliance for the Wild Rockies took its case to court to try and stop them. “We have tried to reason...
