by Mike Garrity | Jun 8, 2012 | AWR, fish, Flathead National Forest, forest, lynx
by Jim Mann, The Daily Inter Lake Environmental groups have sued to stop pre-commercial thinning work on the Flathead National Forest, raising arguments that are similar to those applied in two previous lawsuits targeting timber sales. The Alliance for the Wild...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 13, 2010 | Associated Press, AWR, fish, Flathead National Forest, Lewis and Clark National Forest
by Rob Chaney of the Missoulian Threatened bull trout have won a huge increase in the amount of critical habitat that now qualifies for federal oversight. On Wednesday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reversed Bush administration policy and published new rules to...
by Mike Garrity | Aug 31, 2009 | AWR, bears, fish, Flathead National Forest, logging, roads
by Sonya Angelica Diehn (CN) – A U.S. Forest Service logging plan will harm threatened grizzly bears in Montana’s Flathead National Forest, three environmental groups say. The logging plan reopens portions of a closed road and keeps intact 10 culverts that...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 8, 2009 | AWR, bears, beetles, Flathead National Forest, forest, roads
HELENA – A federal appeals court says the Flathead National Forest failed to follow the grizzly bear standards in its Forest Plan when it approved the Moose Post-Fire Project in 2002. Under the project, about 20 miles north of Columbia Falls, more access was...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 8, 2009 | AWR, bears, Flathead National Forest, forest, Glacier National Park
by Rob Chaney of the Missoulian The Forest Service made a wrong decision on protecting grizzly bears in the Flathead National Forest because it didn’t have a rule to make the decision with, according to the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. The case grew out of...
