by Mike Garrity | May 24, 2013 | Associated Press, AWR, bears, elk, logging, lynx, roads
by The Associated Press HELENA — A judge on Friday blocked a logging project in Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest and ordered two federal agencies to take another look at the effects on lynx, grizzly bears and elk that may be in the area. The Fleecer Mountains...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 21, 2013 | AWR, bears, logging, lynx, wolverines
by Laura Lundquist, Chronicle Staff Writer An environmental group is suing for a second time to stop a timber sale in the Hebgen Basin. On Wednesday, the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and the Native Ecosystems Council filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Missoula...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 1, 2013 | AWR, cattle, grouse, logging
by Francis Davis of The Montana Standard Two environmental groups suing Forest Service to stop 3,400-acre timber thinning in Pioneers near Wise River Attorneys for the U.S. Forest Service and regional forester Supervisor Faye Krueger filed court papers in U.S....
by Mike Garrity | Feb 14, 2013 | AWR, forest, goshawk, logging, owls, wildlife
contact; Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 The Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Utah Environmental Congress and Native Ecosystems Council are pleased to announce that the Dixie National Forest has withdrawn the planned...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 17, 2013 | AWR, bears, logging, pine
by Rob Chaney of the Missoulian A pair of Montana environmental groups have accused the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of stalling efforts to give federal protection to whitebark pine trees, which are disappearing from the northern Rocky Mountains. “Whitebark...
by Mike Garrity | Dec 14, 2012 | AWR, forest, grouse, logging, trapping
by Chronicle Staff Two environmental groups sued the U.S. Forest Service and Regional Forester Faye Krueger last week to stop a 3,400-acre thinning project in the east Pioneer Mountains north of Dillon. In a March decision, Krueger said the Trapper Project would use...
