by Mike Garrity | Dec 9, 2014 | AWR, bears, forest, Hebgen Lake, logging, lynx, roads
by Laura Lundquist, Chronicle Staff Writer A timber sale along Hebgen Lake is on hold until the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service analyzes possible threats to grizzly bears and Canadian lynx. Last Friday, Great Falls District Court Judge Brian Morris agreed with two...
by Mike Garrity | Dec 5, 2014 | AWR, bears, Gallatin National Forest, Hebgen Lake, logging, lynx, Yellowstone National Park
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 The Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council won an important victory in federal court today for the grizzly bear and lynx that make their home on the...
by Mike Garrity | Dec 5, 2014 | AWR, bears, Gallatin National Forest, logging, lynx
by Brett French A long-delayed logging project near the west shore of Hebgen Lake has hit another snag. In an order signed Friday, U.S. District Court judge Brian Morris of Great Falls has instructed the Gallatin National Forest to conduct a “site-specific...
by Mike Garrity | Nov 18, 2014 | AWR, lynx, Yellowstone National Park
Four conservation groups filed suit Monday in Missoula federal court, challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s designation of critical Canada lynx habitat in the lower 48 states. The national Sierra Club, Colorado-based Rocky Mountain Wild, Montana-based...
by Mike Garrity | Nov 17, 2014 | AWR, logging, lynx, Yellowstone National Park
by Laura Lundquist, Chronicle Staff Writer Wildlife advocates Monday sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service a third time for limiting the amount of habitat that would be protected for lynx. The groups — the Sierra Club, the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Rocky...
by Mike Garrity | Nov 9, 2014 | AWR, bears, logging, lynx
by Tom Kuglin, Independent Record While many people may decry litigious environmental groups and point fingers at judges that rule in the groups’ favor, it’s hard to deny that they have often prevailed in court, and the federal government has been found in...
