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...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 27, 2013 | AWR, Lolo National Forest, lynx
contact Arlene Montgomery, Friends of the Wild Swan, (406) 886-2011 or Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 The Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Friends of the Wild Swan announced today that the Federal District Court in...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 27, 2013 | AWR, Lolo National Forest, lynx
by KPAX News MISSOULA — The District Court in Missoula denied the Forest Service’s motion to lift the injunction on the Colt Summit Project. The court had enjoined the project because the cumulative impacts analysis for lynx was inadequate. The Forest Service...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 27, 2013 | Associated Press, AWR, Lolo National Forest, lynx
by Associated Press HELENA, Mont. — A federal judge says he will continue to block a collaborative forest-management project that includes logging 2,038 acres because the U.S. Forest Service did not submit a proper response to his order to analyze its effects on lynx...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 22, 2013 | AWR, bobcats, coyotes, foxes, lynx, otters, wolverines, wolves
by Laura Lundquist, Chronicle Staff Writer Three conservation groups have sued to stop trapping in Montana lynx habitat. On Thursday, in a Missoula U.S. District Court, the Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Friends of the Wild Swan and WildEarth Guardians filed a lawsuit...
