by Mike Garrity | Feb 7, 2011 | AWR, bears, elk, fish, hunting, logging, lynx, owls, roads, squirrels
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Butte, MT — Two conservation groups, the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council, filed a lawsuit in Federal District Court yesterday against the U.S. Forest...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 16, 2010 | AWR, Crazy Mountains, elk, forest, Gallatin National Forest, logging
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Plans to log nearly 700 acres of the visually spectacular and topographically dramatic Crazy Mountains have been halted by a federal court order because the project would...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 10, 2010 | AWR, elk, Gallatin National Forest, logging
by Daniel Person, Chronicle Staff Writer A logging project in the Crazy Mountains has been halted by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which found this week that the Gallatin National Forest did not follow its own rules when it drew out the plans. The Smith Creek...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 3, 2010 | AWR, beetles, elk, fish, forest, goshawk, logging
by Michael Garrity, Your Turn editorial The recent smoke filling the Helena Valley due to an out-of-control “controlled burn” by the Forest Service should confirm once and for all that government agencies can and do make mistakes. Sometimes, as with the...
by Mike Garrity | Aug 26, 2010 | AWR, bears, beetles, elk, forest, goshawk, logging, lynx, roads
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Helena, MT — The Helena National Forest announced on August 20 that they are pulling their decision to log the Elliston Face Fuels Reduction timber sale. The Alliance for the...
by Mike Garrity | May 26, 2010 | AWR, elk, Lewis and Clark National Forest, logging, wildlife
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Missoula, MT — Two conservation groups filed a lawsuit today against the U.S. Forest Service to stop the Ettien Ridge Fuels Reduction Project 22 miles south of Stanford, MT, in...
