by Mike Garrity | Nov 11, 2011 | Associated Press, AWR, bears, Kootenai National Forest, logging, roads
by Matt Volz, Associated Press HELENA — The U.S. Forest Service has asked a judge to lift his block of a logging project near an endangered grizzly population in northwestern Montana, saying a new analysis shows bears don’t frequent that area of the Kootenai...
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 | Nov 3, 2011 | AWR, hunting, logging, mining
contacts Jon Houston, Maloney, (202) 225-7944 Eben Burnham-Snyder, Markey, (202) 225-2836 Adam Sarvana, Grijalva, (202) 225-2435 Mike Garrity, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 –HR 3334 would preserve 23 million acres in Northern Rockies–...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 20, 2011 | AWR, bears, fish, forest, logging, lynx, University of Montana
by Rob Chaney of the Missoulian A lawsuit challenging a timber sale north of Seeley Lake shows either the U.S. Forest Service can’t follow the law or some environmental groups can’t agree to work together. The Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Friends of the...
by Mike Garrity | Jul 11, 2011 | AWR, elk, ferrets, forest, logging, prairie dogs, roads, wildlife
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 The Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council filed a lawsuit in federal court to halt a massive logging and burning project planned for Beaver Creek in the...
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...