by Mike Garrity | Jan 27, 2011 | AWR, logging
A ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals this week on a Big Hole Valley timber sale is being hailed by environmental groups as a precedent-setting decision. Susan Brown, a staff attorney for the Western Environmental Law Center, said the ruling is important...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 26, 2011 | AWR, forest, logging, roads
contacts Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Susan Jane Brown, Western Environmental Law Center (503) 914-1323 A ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals this week has set a precedent by defining at what point...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 25, 2011 | AWR, California, logging, whales
by Lawrence Hurley of Greenwire A federal appeals court today rejected a government request that it rehear a case that set a precedent on how to interpret a 2008 Supreme Court ruling that seemed to limit the ability of environmental groups to put a stop to certain...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 15, 2011 | AWR, logging, lynx
by Bruce Finley, The Denver Post Federal lawyers have backed away from fighting a federal judge’s ruling that favors lynx, clearing the way for possible broader protection of the quick-pawed predators in Colorado and other Western states. U.S. Fish and Wildlife...
by Mike Garrity | Dec 19, 2010 | AWR, bears, Kootenai National Forest, logging, opinion
by Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies Opinion – Your Turn Sen. Jon Tester made many promises during his campaign against former Sen. Conrad Burns, including working to protect all inventoried roadless areas, not using riders to...
by Mike Garrity | Dec 11, 2010 | Associated Press, AWR, logging
Hello: As you may have heard, Senator Tester is attempting to attach his logging bill onto the Senate’s Continuing Resolution (CR) bill, which is a required, must pass bill to fund the US Government until September 2011. Two hours after the following inquiry was...
