by Mike Garrity | May 20, 2025 | lynx, Uintas-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, wolverines
Soapstone Basin in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest – Photo by Recreation.gov What happens when government agencies try to sidestep the law and exclude the public on major projects? Well, sometimes they get away with it — but not this time. The...
by Mike Garrity | Apr 4, 2025 | Gravelly Mountains, Grizzly, grouse, lynx
Photo by Lisa Hupp/USFWS Yesterday, April 3, 2025, the Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Council on Wildlife and Fish and Native Ecosystems Council filed a federal lawsuit to protect habitat for three rare wildlife species — grizzly bears, lynx, and sage grouse — in...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 17, 2025 | Grizzly, lynx, wolverines
Photo by Michael Hoyt Thanks to our threat to sue the Forest Service over using a categorical exclusion to avoid analyzing impacts on bull trout, grizzly bears, and lynx, a massive deforestation project in Montana’s Bitterroot Valley has been halted. The Forest...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 13, 2025 | lynx
Photo by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service If anyone wonders why we’re taking the Forest Service to court over the Round Star logging project, there is one primary reason: lynx critical habitat is the worst place for clearcuts. The surest way to drive lynx to extinction...
by Mike Garrity | 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...
