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...
by Mike Garrity | Jul 7, 2006 | AWR, bears, logging, roads
contacts Michael Garrity, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Liz Sedler, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (208) 263-5281 SPOKANE— A conservation group turned to the federal courts to protect critically endangered grizzly bears in the Selkirk Mountains in...
by Mike Garrity | Jul 3, 2006 | AWR, Dixie National Forest, goshawk, logging
by Christy Karras The Salt Lake Tribune Conservation groups won a battle against logging in Dixie National Forest with a court decision that halts a planned clear-cut on the Aquarius Plateau near Escalante. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that the...
by Mike Garrity | Apr 24, 2006 | AWR, bears, Gallatin National Forest, logging, lynx
contacts Michael Garrity, (406) 459-5936 Dr. Sara Johnson, (406) 285-3611 Two conservation groups, the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council filed a lawsuit today in Federal District Court in Missoula against the U.S Forest Service and Regional...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 18, 2006 | AWR, logging
by Michael Garrity The Missoulian’s first editorial of the year supported first amendment rights for a few but not for all Americans. The Missoulian claims that the Forest Service is right to ask for a $100,000 bond for the purpose of preventing citizens from...