by Mike Garrity | May 11, 2009 | Associated Press, AWR, bears, Kootenai National Forest, logging, roads
by the Associated Press HELENA – A federal appeals court panel Monday granted a temporary injunction to halt logging and road-building on the Northeast Yaak Project in the Kootenai National Forest. The Project authorized logging of approximately 16.7 million...
by Mike Garrity | May 11, 2009 | AWR, bears, Kootenai National Forest, logging, roads
contacts Liz Sedler, AWR, (208) 263-5281 Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted a temporary injunction today to halt all logging and road-building activities...
by Mike Garrity | May 5, 2009 | Associated Press, AWR, bears, bison, buffalo, deer, elk, forest, logging, wilderness, Yellowstone National Park
by Matthew Daly, Associated Press Writer House Republicans blasted a wide-reaching wilderness bill Tuesday and ridiculed its most high-profile supporter, singer Carole King. WASHINGTON – House Republicans blasted a wide-reaching wilderness bill Tuesday and...
by Mike Garrity | Apr 23, 2009 | AWR, bears, elk, fish, goats, Grand Canyon National Park, logging, lynx, mining, moose, sheep, wilderness, wildlife, wolves, Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite National Park
by Todd Wilkinson After years of pushing Congress to protect a vast swath of her adopted Northern Rockies, Carole King may finally have a more receptive audience “Hi,” she said, extending her hand, almost shyly, “my name is Carole.” Sixteen...
by Mike Garrity | Apr 21, 2009 | AWR, forest, Glacier National Park, Grand Teton National Park, logging, mining, roads, wilderness, wildlife, Yellowstone National Park
contacts Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Gary Macfarlane, President,Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (208) 882-9755 Washington, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee announced today...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 30, 2009 | AWR, fish, logging, mining
PORTLAND – The Obama administration won’t defend the Bush administration’s cuts to habitat protections for the threatened bull trout, whose need for cold, clean water can stand in the way of logging and mining on national forests. Conservation groups...
