by Mike Garrity | Nov 5, 2009 | AWR, bears, forest, Gallatin National Forest, goshawk, logging, roads, wildlife, Yellowstone National Park
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 The U.S. Forest Service pulled a timber sale yesterday after two conservation groups, the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council filed a lawsuit in Federal...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 21, 2009 | AWR, Custer National Forest, deer, elk, fire, Gallatin National Forest, pine, wild turkey
by Brett French of The Gazette Staff Under threat of a lawsuit, the Custer National Forest has pulled a 10,000-acre fuels reduction project northeast of Ashland. Acting Ashland District Ranger Doug Epperly announced the decision in a letter dated Sept. 14. “We...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 21, 2009 | AWR, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, Boise National Forest, Custer National Forest, Gallatin National Forest, Lewis and Clark National Forest
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Last week the Forest Service withdrew its decision to go forward with the Whitetail Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project on the Custer National Forest in Montana. Two local...
by Mike Garrity | Jun 9, 2009 | AWR, Crazy Mountains, elk, forest, Gallatin National Forest, logging, Yellowstone National Park
HELENA, Mont. – Groups that sued the Forest Service to halt a logging project in the Gallatin National Forest in southern Montana have sued again, reasserting the project jeopardizes habitat for elk and sensitive species such as Yellowstone cutthroat trout. The...
by Mike Garrity | Jun 9, 2009 | AWR, Crazy Mountains, elk, forest, Gallatin National Forest, logging, pine, roads
by Brett French of The Gazette Staff, French@billingsgazette.com or (406) 657-1387 Two environmental groups have sued for a second time to halt a timber sale and prescribed burn on the northwest side of the Crazy Mountains, despite changes made to the original plan to...
by Mike Garrity | May 27, 2009 | AWR, bobcats, Gallatin National Forest, Lewis and Clark National Forest, lynx
contacts Kristina Johnson, (415) 977-5619, Kristina.Johnson@sierraclub.org Michael Garrity, (406) 459-5936, garritymichael@yahoo.com Megan Corrigan, (303) 546-0214, megan@nativeecosystems.org Endangered lynx will need more room to roam as climate changes, groups...