by Mike Garrity | Apr 16, 2009 | AWR, forest, roads, wilderness, wildlife
Committee on Natural Resources, U.S. House of Representatives 1324 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 April 16, 2009 Dear Representative Rahall and Representative Grijalva: H.R. 980, the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Act (NREPA) was originally...
by Mike Garrity | Feb 2, 2009 | AWR, bears, forest, Gallatin National Forest, goshawk, logging, roads, Yosemite National Park
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 Friday afternoon in Federal District Court in Missoula against the U.S....
by Mike Garrity | Jan 8, 2009 | AWR, bears, beetles, Flathead National Forest, forest, roads
HELENA – A federal appeals court says the Flathead National Forest failed to follow the grizzly bear standards in its Forest Plan when it approved the Moose Post-Fire Project in 2002. Under the project, about 20 miles north of Columbia Falls, more access was...
by Mike Garrity | Oct 24, 2008 | AWR, beetles, elk, Gallatin National Forest, goshawk, Lewis and Clark National Forest, logging, roads
by Karl Puckett, Tribune Staff Writer Two environmental groups have sued the U.S. Forest Service over a 345-acre timber sale in the Lewis and Clark National Forest, charging the logging project will harm elk and goshawk habitat. “It will have to go through...
by Mike Garrity | Jul 2, 2008 | AWR, Crazy Mountains, elk, Gallatin National Forest, logging, roads, Yellowstone National Park
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 and a local resident, Sharon Hapner, filed a lawsuit yesterday afternoon in Federal...
by Mike Garrity | Oct 22, 2007 | AWR, bears, fish, lynx, roads, wolverines
URGENT: Please act now to show support for the ONLY Wilderness Bill that would provide adequate protection for all the remaining intact wildlife and fish habitat (Roadless Lands) in the Northern Rockies The Northern Rockies Ecosystem Recovery Act – HR-1975 A...