by Mike Garrity | Oct 24, 2007 | AWR, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, fire, logging
By Noelle Straub, Missoulian D.C. Bureau WASHINGTON – A longstanding rift between East Coast and Western lawmakers erupted again Thursday as a congressional subcommittee heard testimony on a sweeping bill that would designate as wilderness 23 million acres in...
by Mike Garrity | Oct 18, 2007 | Associated Press, AWR, bears, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, bison, buffalo, caribou, elk, logging, roads, wilderness
Lee Newspapers/Missoulian Bozeman Chronicle E&E Daily Associated Press Easterners, Westerners argue over wilderness bill by Mary Clare Jalonick WASHINGTON – Eastern and Western members of the U.S. House clashed sharply Thursday over legislation that would...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 5, 2007 | AWR, bears, Crazy Mountains, fire, Gallatin National Forest, logging
By Brett French Of The Billings Gazette Staff Logging began last week on national forest lands along the main Boulder River in an attempt to lessen the area’s wildfire threat to recreational homes and campgrounds, despite the fact that the Forest Service’s...
by Mike Garrity | Feb 3, 2007 | AWR, forest, logging
by Jeffrey St. Clair “The Dark Ages. They haven’t ended yet.” —Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. A kind of political narcolepsy has settled over the American environmental movement. Call it eco-ennui. You may know the feeling: restlessness, lack of direction,...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 27, 2007 | AWR, bears, elk, Gallatin National Forest, logging, lynx, Yellowstone National Park
by Andrew Buncombe in Washington Not one brick has been laid, not one piece of timber has been erected. But already this home comes with a price tag of $155m (£79m) and has triggered considerable controversy. The price for the property being planned for central...
by Mike Garrity | Jul 8, 2006 | AWR, bears, forest, logging, roads, wildlife
by James Hagengruber Spokesman Review Staff Writer Environmentalists say logging would further threaten bears in Selkirks Helicopters hauling logs out of North Idaho’s grizzly bear country threaten the bears almost as much as using logging trucks, according to a...
