by Mike Garrity | Nov 28, 2012 | AWR, bears, elk, wolves
by Wild Earth Guardians A coalition of grassroots conservation organizations filed suit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) yesterday for removing gray wolves in Wyoming from the federal threatened and endangered species list. The Service approved the...
by Mike Garrity | Oct 22, 2012 | AWR, elk, Elkhorn, logging
by Mike Garrity, OPED, Your Turn in Helena Independent Record Eve Byron’s well-written article in the IR on Oct. 17 about the Forest Service decision to change elk cover standards should have been titled “Forest Service Wants to Destroy Elk Habitat.”...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 7, 2012 | AWR, elk, Helena National Forest, logging, roads
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Steve Kelly, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 586-4421 Helena, MT — The Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council filed a lawsuit on Thursday in Federal...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 7, 2012 | AWR, elk, forest
by Eve Byron, Independent Record Two conservation groups are suing the Helena National Forest to try to stop a vegetation management project near Townsend. The Cabin Gulch Vegetation Treatment and Project involves logging and burning trees on 2,891 acres over a...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 27, 2012 | AWR, elk, roads
by Gazette Staff A federal judge has ordered the Forest Service to halt implementation of a logging project in the largest island of public land in southeastern Montana and to issue a supplemental environmental impact statement to address deficiencies in its first...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 7, 2012 | AWR, bears, elk, logging, lynx, opinion
by Mike Garrity, guest opinion One of the many reasons that Butte is a great place to live is the tremendous wild country surrounding the area. Within minutes of Butte there is world-class fishing on the Big Hole and Jefferson Rivers and some of the best elk hunting...
