by Mike Garrity | Oct 26, 2014 | AWR, opinion, timber
by Michael Garrity, Opinion The IR’s recent article on citizen enforcement of natural resource laws would have been more informative for readers had it concentrated on why the Forest Service keeps losing lawsuits over and over for the same reasons instead of the...
by Mike Garrity | Oct 13, 2014 | AWR, Cabin Gulch, Helena National Forest, logging, timber
by Michael Garrity, Opinion, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies The Oct. 1 article in the IR about the Cabin Gulch logging project reports a claim by the manager of the RY Timber mill in Townsend that the Forest Service makes money on logging. However,...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 26, 2014 | AWR, bears, bull trout, elk, forest, roads, Stillwater State Forest, Swan Valley, timber
by Dillon Tabish A federal judge has halted a logging project near Lindbergh Lake in the Swan Valley, siding with conservation groups that argued the U.S. Forest Service had disobeyed environmental laws. U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy on Thursday blocked the...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 24, 2014 | AWR, Bridger Bowl Ski Area, Bridger Canyon, Gallatin National Forest, logging, moose, timber
by Laura Lundquist, Chronicle Staff Writer Environmental groups have sued to stop a logging project near Bridger Bowl Ski Area, claiming it would destroy too much wildlife habitat. But a new federal rule could make it harder for them to win. On Wednesday, the Alliance...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 12, 2014 | AWR, BLM, logging, lynx, roads, timber, wildlife
by Tom Kuglin, Independent Record Federal officials have halted a timber sale near Ovando and agreed, with two conservation groups, to analyze the impacts on the federally threatened Canada lynx. In an order released Sept. 8, the Bureau of Land Management remanded its...
by Mike Garrity | Oct 22, 2013 | AWR, bears, Kootenai National Forest, logging, lynx, map, timber
Ninth Circuit Blocks Kootenai Logging Project Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Stops Logging in Grizzly Bear Habitat in the Kootenai National Forest Environmental Groups Sue to Block Kootenai Forest Timber Sale Massive Clearcuts Planned for Northwestern Montana Threaten...
