by Mike Garrity | Nov 29, 2011 | AWR, Dixie National Forest, fish, wildlife
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Boulder, UT — “We’re pleased to announce that the Forest Service has reversed its decision to proceed with its plan to dump rotenone, a fish-killing poison, into...
by Mike Garrity | Nov 8, 2011 | AWR, bears, Helena National Forest, logging, lynx, opinion, roads, wildlife
by Michael Garrity, Opinion, IR Your Turn A Nov. 1 article in the Independent Record reported that a “collaborative” group developed and submitted to the Forest Service a proposal to log thousands of acres in and around an inventoried roadless area...
by Mike Garrity | Nov 4, 2011 | AWR, wildlife
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Measure would preserve 23 million roadless acres as wilderness “While most of Congress works hard on giving away national resources to the powerful lobbies for select...
by Mike Garrity | Oct 18, 2011 | AWR, hunting, wildlife, wolves
by Carly Flandro, Chronicle Staff Writer Four wolves were killed during Montana’s archery season, which closed Sunday. That concluded the state’s first official archery season for wolves, according to Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. The wolves that were...
by Mike Garrity | Oct 18, 2011 | AWR, elk, hunting, wildlife, wolves
by Laura Zuckerman (Reuters) – A federal court rejected a bid by conservationists for an immediate halt to wolf hunts in Idaho and Montana on Tuesday, but the judges said they would reconsider the request next month. The Alliance for the Wild Rockies and others...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 18, 2011 | Associated Press, AWR, bears, fish, Lolo National Forest, lynx, wildlife
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Four conservation groups have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service in federal court seeking to halt a 2,038-acre logging plan contained in a restoration project for the Lolo National Forest about 10 miles north of Seeley Lake. The...
