by Mike Garrity | May 21, 2013 | Associated Press, AWR, lynx, trapping
Forest Service Must Modify Lynx Protections Groups Sue Montana over Trapping of Imperiled Lynx Lawsuit filed to Protect Lynx from Trapping Groups Sue to Stop Trapping in Lynx Areas Groups Sue to End Trapping in 15 Montana Counties Imperiled Canada Lynx Caught in Traps...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 21, 2013 | AWR, lynx, trapping
contact Wendy Keefover, WildEarth Guardians, (303) 819.5229 or Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 or Arlene Montgomery, Friends of the Wild Swan, (406) 886-2011 Montana’s regulations allow traps in occupied lynx...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 21, 2013 | Associated Press, AWR, lynx, trapping, wolves
by The Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Three conservation groups are suing Montana in an attempt to force wildlife regulators to halt trapping in much of northwestern and southwestern Montana. They are seeking to end the trapping of wolves and fur-bearing...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 6, 2013 | AWR, hunting, trapping, wolves
by Kim Murphy SEATTLE — Wildlife managers are calling it an ecological success story. Conservation advocates say it threatens to undermine years of work to recover a once-endangered species. The debate: A total of 553 wolves that have been killed by hunters and...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 7, 2013 | AWR, trapping, wolverines
by Eve Byron, Independent Record AGENCY VOWS TO CHALLENGE THE OVERALL LAWSUIT SEEKING TO HALT THE ACTIVITY Montana’s 2012/2013 wolverine trapping season essentially ended before it started, after Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks decided not to contest a...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 7, 2013 | AWR, trapping, wolverines
by Laura Lundquist, Chronicle Staff Writer Wolverines won’t be trapped in Montana this season and possibly for many years to come. On Monday, Lewis and Clark County District Court Judge Jeffrey Sherlock agreed to cancel a Jan. 10 hearing that could have stopped...