by Mike Garrity | Jan 14, 2010 | AWR, fish, forest, logging, mining, polar bear, roads, wildlife
by Jeff Barnard AP Environmental Writer Fish and Wildlife proposes another reversal of Bush policy, this time on bull trout habitat In another reversal of Bush administration Endangered Species Act policy, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants to more than...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 13, 2010 | AWR, fish, logging, mining, roads, wildlife
by Jeff Barnard, Ap Environmental Writer GRANTS PASS, Ore. — In another reversal of Bush administration Endangered Species Act policy, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants to more than quadruple habitat protections for the bull trout, a fish that has been harmed...
by Mike Garrity | Jul 8, 2009 | Associated Press, AWR, fish, grouse, logging, lynx, mining, owls, wildlife
by Jeff Barnard, AP Environmental Writer The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to take a new look at how much habitat needs to be protected for the bull trout – in the latest Obama administration rollback of Bush administration reductions in the...
by Mike Garrity | Apr 23, 2009 | AWR, bears, elk, fish, goats, Grand Canyon National Park, logging, lynx, mining, moose, sheep, wilderness, wildlife, wolves, Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite National Park
by Todd Wilkinson After years of pushing Congress to protect a vast swath of her adopted Northern Rockies, Carole King may finally have a more receptive audience “Hi,” she said, extending her hand, almost shyly, “my name is Carole.” Sixteen...
by Mike Garrity | Apr 21, 2009 | AWR, forest, Glacier National Park, Grand Teton National Park, logging, mining, roads, wilderness, wildlife, Yellowstone National Park
contacts Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Gary Macfarlane, President,Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (208) 882-9755 Washington, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee announced today...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 30, 2009 | AWR, fish, logging, mining
PORTLAND – The Obama administration won’t defend the Bush administration’s cuts to habitat protections for the threatened bull trout, whose need for cold, clean water can stand in the way of logging and mining on national forests. Conservation groups...