by Mike Garrity | May 20, 2014 | AWR, forest, pine
by Tom Kuglin, Independent Record Two environmental groups have filed an appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals over the listing of the whitebark pine under the Endangered Species Act. The WildWest Institute and the Alliance for the Wild Rockies filed the notice...
by Mike Garrity | May 19, 2014 | AWR, forest, pine
Groups appeal Whitebark Pine Listing Groups file Appeal for Endangered Whitebark Pine
by Mike Garrity | Oct 2, 2013 | AWR, bears, forest, Kootenai National Forest, logging, lynx, pine
by Michael Garrity, Opinion, Guest Column The Missoulian’s Sept. 13 editorial stumbled by calling on Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., to further weaken his already bad Forest Jobs and Recreation Act in an effort to draw support from Montana’s sole Congressman,...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 24, 2013 | AWR, bears, pine
by Alex Sakariassen Back in 2009, environmentalists successfully challenged the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to lift federal protections for grizzly bears in the Yellowstone ecosystem. The victory hinged on the decline of whitebark pine in the...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 18, 2013 | AWR, bears, Granite Butte Lookout, Helena National Forest, pine, polar bear, squirrels, wolverines, Yellowstone National Park
by Eve Byron, Independent Record Two environmental groups filed a lawsuit this week seeking to force the federal government into listing the whitebark pine as a threatened or endangered species. In July 2011, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decided that the...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 17, 2013 | AWR, bears, logging, pine
by Rob Chaney of the Missoulian A pair of Montana environmental groups have accused the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of stalling efforts to give federal protection to whitebark pine trees, which are disappearing from the northern Rocky Mountains. “Whitebark...
