by Mike Garrity | Oct 13, 2014 | AWR, Cabin Gulch, Helena National Forest, logging, timber
by Michael Garrity, Opinion, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies The Oct. 1 article in the IR about the Cabin Gulch logging project reports a claim by the manager of the RY Timber mill in Townsend that the Forest Service makes money on logging. However,...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 18, 2013 | AWR, bears, Granite Butte Lookout, Helena National Forest, pine, polar bear, squirrels, wolverines, Yellowstone National Park
by Eve Byron, Independent Record Two environmental groups filed a lawsuit this week seeking to force the federal government into listing the whitebark pine as a threatened or endangered species. In July 2011, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decided that the...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 7, 2012 | AWR, elk, Helena National Forest, logging, roads
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Steve Kelly, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 586-4421 Helena, MT — The Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council filed a lawsuit on Thursday in Federal...
by Mike Garrity | Nov 8, 2011 | AWR, bears, Helena National Forest, logging, lynx, opinion, roads, wildlife
by Michael Garrity, Opinion, IR Your Turn A Nov. 1 article in the Independent Record reported that a “collaborative” group developed and submitted to the Forest Service a proposal to log thousands of acres in and around an inventoried roadless area...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 28, 2011 | AWR, bears, Helena National Forest
by Eve Byron, Independent Record Aerial application of herbicides including clopyralid and picloram is planned to take place next week on 1,200 acres in the Ogden Mountain and Nevada Mountain areas to try to knock back spotted knapweed infestations, but it may be...
