by Mike Garrity | Jan 7, 2013 | AWR, polar bear, trapping, wolverines
contact Matthew Bishop, Western Environmental Law Center, (406) 324-8011 Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Arlene Montgomery, Friends of the Wild Swan, (406) 886-2011 (Helena) Montana District Court Judge Sherlock...
by Mike Garrity | Dec 14, 2012 | AWR, forest, grouse, logging, trapping
by Chronicle Staff Two environmental groups sued the U.S. Forest Service and Regional Forester Faye Krueger last week to stop a 3,400-acre thinning project in the east Pioneer Mountains north of Dillon. In a March decision, Krueger said the Trapper Project would use...
by Mike Garrity | Dec 1, 2012 | AWR, trapping, wolverines
by Eve Byron, Independent Record Wolverine trapping, slated to begin on Saturday, is on hold after a Helena judge on Friday granted nine conservation groups’ request for a temporary restraining order. In a five-page order, Montana District Court Judge Jeffrey...
by Mike Garrity | Nov 30, 2012 | AWR, trapping, wolverines
by Laura Zuckerman, Reuters (Reuters) – A judge on Friday put the brakes on the start of trapping season in Montana for wolverines – ferocious but rare members of the weasel family – until at least the outcome of a hearing early next year on whether...
by Mike Garrity | Nov 30, 2012 | AWR, trapping, wolverines
by Rob Chaney of the Missoulian One day before the season was to start, a state district court judge has halted Montana’s wolverine trapping while he prepares to hear arguments why the animal should be protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. The...
by Mike Garrity | Nov 30, 2012 | Associated Press, AWR, trapping, wolverines
by Matthew Brown, Associated Press The fierce but elusive wolverine got a last-minute reprieve Friday from a trapping season due to start this weekend in Montana, after a state judge issued a restraining order sought by conservationists who say climate change...
