by Mike Garrity | Jul 30, 2009 | AWR, bears, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, fire, goshawk, Kootenai National Forest, logging, owls, wilderness, wildlife, Yellowstone National Park
by Jesse Froehling The Northern Goshawk, a bird the size of a crow, with salt and pepper plumage and a distinct light eyebrow, calls the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest home. For years, the U.S. Forest Service has used the goshawk as an “indicator...
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 | Mar 6, 2009 | AWR, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, Gallatin National Forest, owls, pine
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 The Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest withdrew the Barton Springs Timber sale on February 25, 2008 after two conservation groups, the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 3, 2009 | AWR, fish, goshawk, logging, owls, Salmon National Forest, wolverines, woodpeckers
by John Miller The U.S. Forest Service settled a lawsuit filed by environmentalists fighting a central Idaho timber sale by agreeing to scale back logging that was meant to reduce fuels near the town of Salmon. In May, the Missoula, Montana-based Alliance for the Wild...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 2, 2009 | AWR, fish, forest, goshawk, logging, owls, Salmon National Forest, wildlife, wolverines, woodpeckers
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Salmon, Idaho – The Alliance for the Wild Rockies announced today that they reached a settlement with the U.S. Forest Service in regards to their lawsuit against the...
by Mike Garrity | Dec 9, 2008 | AWR, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, forest, Gallatin National Forest, logging, owls
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Two conservation groups, the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council filed a lawsuit this morning in Federal District Court in Missoula against the U.S....