by Mike Garrity | Nov 22, 2011 | AWR, forest, goshawk, Lewis and Clark National Forest, logging, lynx, wolverines
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 The Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council are pleased to announce that the Lewis and Clark National Forest has withdrawn the planned Blakenship Vegetation...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 16, 2011 | AWR, bears, beetles, fish, forest, goshawk, Lolo National Forest, lynx, owls, roads, wildlife
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Ecosystems Council, and Montana Ecosystems Defense Council filed a lawsuit today against the U.S. Forest Service to stop the Colt Summit Timber Sale on the Lolo National Forest,...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 29, 2011 | AWR, bears, goshawk, Lewis and Clark National Forest, logging, lynx
by Eve Byron, Independent Record It’s back to the drawing board for a portion of the Benchmark Fuels Reduction Project along the Rocky Mountain Front near Augusta. For the second time, a hearings officer has sided with two environmental groups — the Alliance for...
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 | Oct 7, 2010 | AWR, bears, forest, goshawk, logging, pileated woodpecker, roads, wildlife
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Priest Lake, Idaho—A lawsuit was filed by the Alliance for the Wild Rockies in Federal District Court in Idaho yesterday challenging the Forest Service’s decision to go...
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...
