by Mike Garrity | Dec 9, 2003 | Associated Press, AWR, bears, forest, Kootenai National Forest, logging, roads
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) – A timber sale in the Kootenai National Forest on the Idaho border has been delayed as officials consider its impact on grizzly bears. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has withdrawn its approval for the White Pine timber sale, pressured...
by Mike Garrity | Dec 8, 2003 | AWR, bears, fire, Kootenai National Forest, logging, Lolo National Forest, roads
by Sonja Lee Great Falls Tribune Helena National Forest officials would like to harvest 20 million to 25 million board feet of commercial timber from an area that burned in the Snow Talon Fire near Lincoln. The August fire charred about 37,700 acres, and the Forest...
by Mike Garrity | Dec 6, 2003 | AWR, forest, logging, Lolo National Forest, roads, wilderness
by Sherry Devlin, the Missoulian The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has slapped down the Lolo National Forest’s plan for logging in areas burned during the 2000 wildfire season, saying the Forest Service did not take “the necessary hard look” at...
by Mike Garrity | Nov 21, 2003 | AWR, bears, Gallatin National Forest, logging
contacts Michael Garrity, The Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Sara Johnson, Native Ecosystems Council, (406) 285-3611 The Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Native Ecosystems Council and The Ecology Center announced today that they appealed the Windmill...
by Mike Garrity | Nov 20, 2003 | AWR, bears, Gallatin National Forest, logging
by Scott McMillion, scottm@dailychronicle.com LIVINGSTON — Environmental groups have appealed the Windmill timber sale in the Mill Creek Drainage south of here, pointing out the U.S. Forest Service says it could lose $376,000 on the sale. The sale was originally...
by Mike Garrity | May 6, 2003 | AWR, forest, logging, Lolo National Forest, lynx
by Molly Villamana, Greenwire reporter Roughly 35 million board feet of timber slated for harvest in Montana’s Lolo National Forest will remain standing unless state regulators establish water quality standards for rivers and streams affected by the logging and...
