by Mike Garrity | Sep 24, 2014 | AWR, Bridger Bowl Ski Area, Bridger Canyon, Gallatin National Forest, logging, moose, timber
by Laura Lundquist, Chronicle Staff Writer Environmental groups have sued to stop a logging project near Bridger Bowl Ski Area, claiming it would destroy too much wildlife habitat. But a new federal rule could make it harder for them to win. On Wednesday, the Alliance...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 12, 2014 | AWR, BLM, logging, lynx, roads, timber, wildlife
by Tom Kuglin, Independent Record Federal officials have halted a timber sale near Ovando and agreed, with two conservation groups, to analyze the impacts on the federally threatened Canada lynx. In an order released Sept. 8, the Bureau of Land Management remanded its...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 12, 2014 | AWR, BLM, logging, lynx
BLM must Study Lynx after Halting Timber Sale near Ovando BLM pulls Logging Project in Lynx Critical Habitat after Conservation Groups’ Appeal Court Order (PDF) Motion to Vacate (PDF)
by Mike Garrity | Sep 11, 2014 | AWR, bears, BLM, logging, lynx
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) pulled a previous decision to go forward with a 2,700-acre clearcutting, thinning, and road-building project after the Alliance for the Wild...
by Mike Garrity | Jul 27, 2014 | AWR, logging, Nez Perce National Forest
9th Circuit Silences Idaho Logging Operation
by Mike Garrity | Jul 27, 2014 | AWR, logging, Nez Perce National Forest, wildlife
by George Prentice A logging operation, which just recently started up in North-Central Idaho but has been the target of environmentalists for more than two years, has been told to silence its blades. The Little Slate Project covers about two square miles in the...