by Mike Garrity | Feb 11, 2009 | Associated Press, AWR, bears, caribou, elk, hunting, logging, wilderness, wolves
by Matthew Daly, Associated Press Writer A New York congresswoman has again introduced a wide-reaching wilderness protection bill that would ban logging, oil exploration and other development on 23 million acres across five Northwestern states. As in previous years,...
by Mike Garrity | Feb 5, 2009 | AWR, elk, Gallatin National Forest, goshawk, Lewis and Clark National Forest, logging, wildlife
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 White Sulphur Springs, Montana – Carol Hatfield, The Ranger for the White Sulphur Ranger District in the Lewis and Clark National Forest signed a letter yesterday withdrawing...
by Mike Garrity | Feb 2, 2009 | AWR, bears, Gallatin National Forest, logging
Two environmental groups have sued the U.S. Forest Service to halt a logging project along Hebgen Lake south of Ennis, claiming it would harm grizzly bears. The Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council filed the lawsuit Friday against the Gallatin...
by Mike Garrity | Feb 2, 2009 | AWR, bears, forest, Gallatin National Forest, goshawk, logging, roads, Yosemite National Park
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Two conservation groups, the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council filed a lawsuit Friday afternoon in Federal District Court in Missoula against the U.S....
by Mike Garrity | Jan 9, 2009 | Associated Press, AWR, fish, logging, mining
by The Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) – The U.S. Justice Department may soften its stance in a lawsuit by Montana environmental activists who sought certain habitat protections for bull trout. The threatened species needs clean and cold water, a need that...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 3, 2009 | Associated Press, AWR, forest, logging, Salmon National Forest
by The Associated Press Boise, Idaho – The U.S. Forest Service settled a lawsuit by environmentalists fighting a proposed timber sale near the central Idaho town of Salmon by agreeing to scale back logging that was meant to reduce fuels. In May, the Alliance for...
