by Mike Garrity | Feb 6, 2014 | Associated Press, AWR, forest, logging, USDA
by Matt Volz, Associated Press HELENA — The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday it will spend $30 million this year on forest restoration projects in 12 states to reduce the threat of wildfires, protect water quality and improve wildlife habitat for at-risk...
by Mike Garrity | Oct 22, 2013 | Associated Press, AWR, bears, Kootenai National Forest, logging
by The Associated Press HELENA — An appeals court has temporarily blocked a Kootenai National Forest logging project under review for its possible effects on a small, threatened grizzly bear population. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday issued a two-week...
by Mike Garrity | Oct 22, 2013 | AWR, bears, Kootenai National Forest, logging, lynx, map, timber
Ninth Circuit Blocks Kootenai Logging Project Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Stops Logging in Grizzly Bear Habitat in the Kootenai National Forest Environmental Groups Sue to Block Kootenai Forest Timber Sale Massive Clearcuts Planned for Northwestern Montana Threaten...
by Mike Garrity | Oct 2, 2013 | AWR, Kootenai National Forest, logging
by Rob Chaney A timber sale in the Kootenai National Forest faces a court challenge for allegedly failing to protect a small population of grizzly bears. The Alliance for the Wild Rockies filed the lawsuit in Missoula’s U.S. District Court office on Tuesday. The...
by Mike Garrity | Oct 2, 2013 | AWR, bears, Kootenai National Forest, logging, timber
Group Sues over Logging Project in Kootenai National Forest Alliance for the Wild Rockies Files Lawsuit to Stop Logging in Grizzly Bear Habitat in the Kootenai National Forest Complaint, Oct. 1, 2013 (PDF) Project Area, USFS, Kootenai National Forest (PDF) Pilgrim...
by Mike Garrity | Oct 2, 2013 | AWR, bears, forest, Kootenai National Forest, logging, lynx, pine
by Michael Garrity, Opinion, Guest Column The Missoulian’s Sept. 13 editorial stumbled by calling on Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., to further weaken his already bad Forest Jobs and Recreation Act in an effort to draw support from Montana’s sole Congressman,...
