by Mike Garrity | Apr 4, 2020 | Elk Creek, Grizzly, lynx
The Alliance for the Wild Rockies filed a lawsuit on April 3rd in Federal District Court in Great Falls, Montana to stop the Elk Smith Project on the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest. The project seeks to non-commercially log and/or burn 10,331 acres in the Elk...
by Mike Garrity | Aug 16, 2018 | lynx
Originally posted here… A logging project proposed along the northwestern border of Yellowstone National Park has been halted by a U.S. District Court judge’s ruling. On Aug. 13, Judge Dana Christensen found in favor of the Native Ecosystems Council and the...
by Mike Garrity | May 31, 2017 | lynx
CONTACT: Mike Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, 406 459-5936 The Federal District Court in Missoula on Tuesday issued a Preliminary Injunction sought by the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council against the Helena...
by Mike Garrity | Feb 20, 2017 | AWR, bears, elk, lynx
Two conservation groups, Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council, filed suit in Federal District Court in Missoula Friday challenging the Stonewall Vegetation Project in the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest about 4 miles northwest of Lincoln,...
by Mike Garrity | Nov 25, 2016 | Associated Press, AWR, lynx
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Originally published here: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/11/24/us/ap-us-threatened-species-logging.html HELENA, Mont. — A federal judge blocked a logging project northeast of Yellowstone National Park until federal officials analyze the...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 8, 2016 | AWR, lynx
A federal court in Montana ruled Wednesday in favor of Alliance for the Wild Rockies and allies in their challenge to the federal government’s lack of protection in failing to designate critical habitat necessary for the survival and recovery of the rare and imperiled...