by Mike Garrity | Dec 6, 2003 | AWR, forest, logging, Lolo National Forest, roads, wilderness
by Sherry Devlin, the Missoulian The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has slapped down the Lolo National Forest’s plan for logging in areas burned during the 2000 wildfire season, saying the Forest Service did not take “the necessary hard look” at...
by Mike Garrity | Nov 15, 2003 | AWR, bears, forest, roads
from staff and wire reports MISSOULA — Conservationists are accusing the Forest Service of dragging its feet on a legal promise to start removing forest roads to help save endangered grizzly bears in the Idaho Panhandle and northwestern Montana. “We thought we...
by Mike Garrity | Oct 21, 2003 | AWR, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, forest
by Perry Backus, The Montana Standard DILLON — The Forest Service and two environmental groups evidently don’t see eye to eye on a proposal to work on portions of the Mussigbrod and Middle Fork fires that burned in 2000. And now it’s going to be up to a...
by Mike Garrity | May 6, 2003 | AWR, forest, logging, Lolo National Forest, lynx
by Molly Villamana, Greenwire reporter Roughly 35 million board feet of timber slated for harvest in Montana’s Lolo National Forest will remain standing unless state regulators establish water quality standards for rivers and streams affected by the logging and...
by Mike Garrity | Apr 16, 2003 | AWR, forest, logging, roads
by Eve Byron, Independent Record Staff Writer Seven appeals have been filed in opposition to a Helena National Forest management plan for the Clancy/Unionville area south of town. Five of the appeals came from motorized vehicle proponents, who mainly claim that the...
by Mike Garrity | Oct 24, 2002 | AWR, BLM, cattle, Center for Biological Diversity, forest, Grand Canyon National Park, National Cattlemen's Beef Association
by Paul Rogers, San Jose Mercury News American taxpayers lose at least $128 million a year — and potentially up to $1 billion — subsidizing cattle grazing on millions of acres of public lands across the West, according to a new study commissioned by conservation...
