by Mike Garrity | Jan 22, 2001 | AWR, logging, roads, Tongass National Forest
prepared by Mike Anderson, The Wilderness Society Summary The final roadless area conservation rule prohibits road building and logging in national forest roadless areas with some exceptions, such as logging to reduce the risk of unnaturally intense fires. The rule...
by Mike Garrity | Nov 26, 2000 | AWR, Bitterroot National Forest, forest, logging, wildlife
contact Keith Hammer at (406) 755-1379 KALISPELL—By misrepresenting the historic condition of ponderosa pine forests in its educational posters, the US Forest Service is also misrepresenting to the public the effects of logging and ecosystem management treatments...
by Mike Garrity | Feb 10, 2000 | AWR, bears, fish, logging, roads, wildlife, Yellowstone National Park
by Mike Bader Missoulian Guest Editorial “Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.” These words admonish us to beware those who wrap themselves in the flag while actively working to undermine the most treasured values and ideals it represents....
by Mike Garrity | Sep 18, 1999 | AWR, bears, forest, logging, roads, Yellowstone National Park
by Sherry Devlin, the Missoulian Republican says her party is off base on environment Martha Marks is a Republican and an environmentalist, and she doesn’t understand why the Grand Old Party isn’t greener. Or why people keep asking her when she’s...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 9, 1999 | AWR, forest, logging, Nez Perce Fork, roads
AWR Release Last June, District Ranger Dave Campbell authorized a large scale project in the Nez Perce Fork drainage on the Bitterroot National Forest in Montana. This decision affected a project area of 92,000 acres, and would have allowed logging within the...
by Mike Garrity | Feb 2, 1999 | AWR, bears, elk, forest, logging
AWR Release Bi-partisan coalition introduces the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act Washington, D.C. — U.S. Representatives Christopher Shays (R-CT) and Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) led a bi-partisan coalition of House members today in introducing The Northern...
