by Mike Garrity | Jun 4, 2010 | AWR, forest, logging, wildlife
by Rob Chaney of the Missoulian A proposal to drop the logging mandate in Sen. Jon Tester’s Forest Jobs and Recreation Act has local Congress-watchers buzzing, but it may be already out of date. A “discussion draft” of Tester’s S. 1470...
by Mike Garrity | May 26, 2010 | AWR, elk, Lewis and Clark National Forest, logging, wildlife
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Missoula, MT — Two conservation groups filed a lawsuit today against the U.S. Forest Service to stop the Ettien Ridge Fuels Reduction Project 22 miles south of Stanford, MT, in...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 11, 2010 | AWR, forest, logging, wildlife
by Nick Gevock Montana groups top in nation for fighting wildfire reduction projects Only one out of 50 U.S. Forest Service projects to reduce wildfire risk gets challenged in court nationwide, but in the region including Montana environmental groups sue at the...
by Mike Garrity | Feb 16, 2010 | AWR, roads, wilderness, wildlife
by Bill Schneider UPDATED, 10 am, 2-18-10: After seeing this article, two more former MWA council members, Susan Colvin and Dan Heinz (past vice-president) have joined the list and signed the letter opposing Tester’s bill, bringing the total to 18. Anybody who...
by Mike Garrity | Feb 11, 2010 | AWR, fish, wildlife
by George Ochenski, political analyst for the Independent How environmental advocates beat political perfidy Many years ago, while snorkeling the North Fork of the Flathead River, I slipped into a large eddy behind a fallen tree to rest and watch the incredibly clear...
by Mike Garrity | Jan 14, 2010 | AWR, fish, forest, logging, mining, polar bear, roads, wildlife
by Jeff Barnard AP Environmental Writer Fish and Wildlife proposes another reversal of Bush policy, this time on bull trout habitat In another reversal of Bush administration Endangered Species Act policy, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants to more than...
