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...
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 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...
