by Mike Garrity | May 19, 2011 | AWR, bears, bison, buffalo, cattle, forest, Yellowstone National Park
by Rob Chaney of the Missoulian The Alliance for the Wild Rockies has filed a lawsuit trying to stop state and federal officials from using helicopters to haze bison into Yellowstone National Park, arguing the tactic also harasses grizzly bears. “We have video...
by Mike Garrity | May 15, 2011 | Associated Press, AWR, forest, logging, lynx, Yellowstone National Park
by Todd Dvorak, Associated Press BOISE, Idaho — A pair of environmental groups has filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the merits of a proposed 7,000-acre logging project in federal forest on the western border of Yellowstone National Park. Attorneys for the...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 29, 2011 | AWR, forest, goshawk, logging, lynx, squirrels
by Richard Ecke, Tribune Staff Writer Some 763 acres of forests in the Benchmark area west of Augusta would not be logged or burned under the reversal of an earlier U.S. Forest Service decision. “We’re pleased to announce that the Forest Service has...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 29, 2011 | AWR, forest, logging
by Daniel Person and Carly Flandro, Chronicle Staff Writers At her home outside Three Forks last week, Sara Johnson was printing out plans for a federal logging project in South Dakota’s Black Hills. If things go the way they often do, Johnson will submit...
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 | Jan 26, 2011 | AWR, forest, logging, roads
contacts Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Susan Jane Brown, Western Environmental Law Center (503) 914-1323 A ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals this week has set a precedent by defining at what point...
