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 | May 21, 2013 | Associated Press, AWR, lynx, trapping
Forest Service Must Modify Lynx Protections Groups Sue Montana over Trapping of Imperiled Lynx Lawsuit filed to Protect Lynx from Trapping Groups Sue to Stop Trapping in Lynx Areas Groups Sue to End Trapping in 15 Montana Counties Imperiled Canada Lynx Caught in Traps...
by Mike Garrity | May 21, 2013 | AWR, lynx
by Laura Lundquist, Chronicle Staff Writer A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Forest Service will have to stop dragging its heels on lynx protection. Last week, federal judge Dana L. Christensen in Missoula sided with the Bozeman-based Cottonwood Environmental...
by Mike Garrity | May 14, 2013 | AWR, bears, Kootenai National Forest, lynx
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Conservationists File Lawsuit to Protect Rare Species from Going Extinct in Kootenai National Forest Missoula, MT — Located in the far Northwest corner of Montana, the...
by Mike Garrity | May 14, 2013 | AWR, bears, Kootenai National Forest, lynx
by Rob Chaney, Missoulian A coalition of environmental groups have sued to block a U.S. Forest Service timber sale in the Rexford Ranger District of northwest Montana, claiming the proposed clearcuts would hurt lynx and grizzly bears there. “In spite of these...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 28, 2013 | AWR, bears, lynx
by Rob Chaney Ah, the difference two letters make. A U.S. District Court judge rejected a new version of the Colt-Summit forest project near Seeley Lake because the U.S. Forest Service didn’t follow his instructions. “The summary judgment order plainly...
