by Mike Garrity | Aug 14, 2013 | AWR, bears, elk, fish, goshawk, logging, lynx, pileated woodpecker, timber, wolverines
by Martin Kidston A conservation group filed an injunction in U.S. District Court on Tuesday to block a restoration project and timber sale on the Lolo National Forest, saying the work would adversely impact a variety of species by altering their habitat. In its...
by Mike Garrity | Jul 30, 2013 | AWR, Dixie National Forest, elk, forest, mule deer, wild turkey
by Brooke Adams, The Salt Lake Tribune Courts » Logging on the Aquarius Plateau in Southern Utah will destroy habitat for a number of sensitive species, lawsuit claims. Two conservation groups have filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for Utah to stop the U.S....
by Mike Garrity | Jun 25, 2013 | AWR, bears, elk, forest, goshawk, lynx, wolverines
by Rob Chaney A timber sale around Lindbergh Lake is headed to court after planners and opponents disagreed over how beneficial it might be to old-growth forests and rare wildlife. Four Montana conservation groups sued to block the Glacier-Loon Timber Sale in Missoula...
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 | Mar 21, 2013 | AWR, bobcats, deer, dogs, elk, lynx, moose
by Laura Zuckerman, Reuters (Reuters) — Conservationists sued Montana wildlife officials on Thursday, claiming the state violated the U.S. Endangered Species Act by allowing hunters to set traps in areas known to be inhabited by the imperiled Canada lynx. Alliance for...
