by Mike Garrity | Nov 23, 2010 | AWR, logging
by Matt Gouras U.S. Sen. Jon Tester said Tuesday his compromise plan to both increase logging and expand wilderness still has a chance to clear Congress this year — a move that could be more critical for the legislation as hopes dimmed that it could clear a...
by Mike Garrity | Nov 23, 2010 | AWR, logging
by Matt Gouras U.S. Sen. Jon Tester said Tuesday his compromise plan to both increase logging and expand wilderness still has a chance to clear Congress this year — a move that could be more critical for the legislation as hopes dimmed that it could clear a...
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 16, 2010 | AWR, Crazy Mountains, elk, forest, Gallatin National Forest, logging
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Plans to log nearly 700 acres of the visually spectacular and topographically dramatic Crazy Mountains have been halted by a federal court order because the project would...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 10, 2010 | AWR, elk, Gallatin National Forest, logging
by Daniel Person, Chronicle Staff Writer A logging project in the Crazy Mountains has been halted by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which found this week that the Gallatin National Forest did not follow its own rules when it drew out the plans. The Smith Creek...
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...
