by Mike Garrity | Jul 30, 2009 | AWR, bears, elk, lynx, moose, wildlife
by Eve Byron – Independent Record A federal court judge put a halt Wednesday to construction of a biathlon course near MacDonald Pass west of Helena. In issuing his summary judgment ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Donald Molloy said that an investigation of...
by Mike Garrity | Jul 8, 2009 | Associated Press, AWR, fish, grouse, logging, lynx, mining, owls, wildlife
by Jeff Barnard, AP Environmental Writer The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to take a new look at how much habitat needs to be protected for the bull trout – in the latest Obama administration rollback of Bush administration reductions in the...
by Mike Garrity | May 28, 2009 | AWR, lynx, wildlife
by Rob Chaney of the Misoulian Warmer weather will leave the endangered lynx isolated on islands of high-altitude habitat unless the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service works to expand its critical territory, a group of wildlife advocates argues in court. The Montana-based...
by Mike Garrity | Apr 23, 2009 | AWR, bears, elk, fish, goats, Grand Canyon National Park, logging, lynx, mining, moose, sheep, wilderness, wildlife, wolves, Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite National Park
by Todd Wilkinson After years of pushing Congress to protect a vast swath of her adopted Northern Rockies, Carole King may finally have a more receptive audience “Hi,” she said, extending her hand, almost shyly, “my name is Carole.” Sixteen...
by Mike Garrity | Apr 21, 2009 | AWR, forest, Glacier National Park, Grand Teton National Park, logging, mining, roads, wilderness, wildlife, Yellowstone National Park
contacts Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Gary Macfarlane, President,Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (208) 882-9755 Washington, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee announced today...
by Mike Garrity | Apr 16, 2009 | AWR, forest, roads, wilderness, wildlife
Committee on Natural Resources, U.S. House of Representatives 1324 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 April 16, 2009 Dear Representative Rahall and Representative Grijalva: H.R. 980, the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Act (NREPA) was originally...
