by Mike Garrity | Mar 1, 2013 | AWR, cattle, grouse, logging
by Francis Davis of The Montana Standard Two environmental groups suing Forest Service to stop 3,400-acre timber thinning in Pioneers near Wise River Attorneys for the U.S. Forest Service and regional forester Supervisor Faye Krueger filed court papers in U.S....
by Mike Garrity | Feb 14, 2013 | AWR, forest, goshawk, logging, owls, wildlife
contact; Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 The Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Utah Environmental Congress and Native Ecosystems Council are pleased to announce that the Dixie National Forest has withdrawn the planned...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 17, 2013 | AWR, bears, logging, pine
by Rob Chaney of the Missoulian A pair of Montana environmental groups have accused the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of stalling efforts to give federal protection to whitebark pine trees, which are disappearing from the northern Rocky Mountains. “Whitebark...
by Mike Garrity | Dec 14, 2012 | AWR, forest, grouse, logging, trapping
by Chronicle Staff Two environmental groups sued the U.S. Forest Service and Regional Forester Faye Krueger last week to stop a 3,400-acre thinning project in the east Pioneer Mountains north of Dillon. In a March decision, Krueger said the Trapper Project would use...
by Mike Garrity | Nov 21, 2012 | AWR, beetles, Lewis and Clark National Forest, Little Belt Mountain, logging
Detailed Project Map (PDF) The Rest of the Story on Little Belt Lawsuit Conservation Groups Sue Over Little Belt Logging Groups Sue Over Little Belts Beetle-kill Logging Conservation Groups File Lawsuit to Stop Herbicide spraying and Logging on 17,000 Acres in Little...
by Mike Garrity | Oct 22, 2012 | AWR, elk, Elkhorn, logging
by Mike Garrity, OPED, Your Turn in Helena Independent Record Eve Byron’s well-written article in the IR on Oct. 17 about the Forest Service decision to change elk cover standards should have been titled “Forest Service Wants to Destroy Elk Habitat.”...
