by Mike Garrity | Mar 29, 2011 | AWR, bison, BLM, buffalo, fish, forest, University of Montana, wildlife, Yellowstone National Park
by Carly Flandro, Chronicle Staff Writer In the realm of green groups, there are no widgets for sale. Donors receive no bells or whistles to take home and show for their money. There are only ideas, projects, promises of action, a hope and a cause. Still, that’s...
by Mike Garrity | Feb 23, 2011 | AWR, bears, elk, fish, logging, lynx, opinion, squirrels
by Michael Garrity, Opinion A Feb. 11 opinion column in the Tribune alleged that an appeal of the Benchmark logging proposal was somehow “irresponsible.” Nothing could be further from the truth. The Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems...
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 | Oct 12, 2010 | AWR, fish
by Eve Byron, Independent Record The final rule regarding critical habitat designation for bull trout was released Tuesday, outlining more than 19,000 miles of streams and 488,000 acres of lakes in five states where proposed federal activities must be analyzed to see...
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 | Jul 29, 2010 | AWR, fish, lynx
by Michael Jamison of the Missoulian Endangered lynx soon may have more room to roam, thanks to a ruling by U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy, who concluded that large swaths of Western habitat were wrongly excluded from protection. In particular, the court ruled that...
