by Erik Gillberg | Jun 10, 2024 | elk, Grizzly, lynx
Photo: Ryan Hagerty USFWS A recent column by the Anaconda Sportsmen Club disparaged the Alliance for the Wild Rockies for challenging the illegal Pintler Face logging project in southwest Montana in federal court. What they failed to disclose to you is that federal...
by Mike Garrity | Aug 23, 2023 | elk, Grizzly, logging, lynx, Yellowstone National Park
It’s absolutely one of the worst places in the country for clearcuts. So we’re thrilled that the Court agreed with us and halted the logging project. But going even further, the Court’s Order vacated the Forest Service’s approval of this logging and road-building...
by Mike Garrity | Jun 16, 2023 | bull trout, clearcut, Endangered Species Act, Grizzly, lynx
Remember when the Forest Service bluffed the public and naive environmental groups saying the agency never approved clearcuts larger than 20 acres? No longer! The latest Buckskin-Saddle project in northern Idaho includes 30 square miles of logging with more than half...
by Mike Garrity | Dec 13, 2022 | bull trout, Garnet Mountains, Grizzly, lynx
It’s incredibly disappointing, but the Bureau of Land Management is no better under Tracy Stone-Manning’s leadership than under Trump. While the examples pile up nationally, here in Stone-Manning’s home state the agency is attempting to dodge required public review...
by Mike Garrity | Jul 30, 2021 | lynx
Canada lynx, recognized by its large, black ear tufts, is considered recovered and may be removed from the list of endangered and threatened species. Photo courtesy of Eric Kilby/Creative Commons. What do you do when the Forest Service ignores federal court orders,...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 9, 2021 | Grizzly, lynx, wolverines, Yellowstone National Park
On March 8th, a federal court in Idaho ruled that a legal challenge to a natural gas pipeline can proceed. The lawsuit was filed by two grassroots conservation groups — Yellowstone to Uintas Connection and the Alliance for the Wild Rockies — and it challenges the...
