by Mike Garrity | Jun 3, 2009 | AWR, wolves
by Eve Byron, – Independent Record, (406) 447-4076, eve.byron@helenair.com As promised, a coalition of conservation groups filed a lawsuit in federal court in Missoula Tuesday to try to halt the removal of gray wolves from the list of animals covered by the...
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 1, 2009 | AWR, hunting, wolves, Yellowstone National Park
contacts Jenny Harbine, Earthjustice, (406) 586-9699 Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Washington, D.C. – An advance copy of the Federal Register – released today – contains a final version of the...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 6, 2009 | AWR, wolves, Yellowstone National Park
contacts Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Jenny Harbine, Earthjustice, (406) 586-9699 Suzanne Asha Stone, Defenders of Wildlife, (208) 861-4655 Louisa Willcox, Natural Resources Defense Council, (406) 222-9561 Melanie...
by Mike Garrity | Feb 13, 2009 | AWR, bears, bison, buffalo, logging, wilderness, wolves
contacts Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Helen Yost or Gary Macfarlane, Friends of the Clearwater, (208) 882-9755 Washington, D.C. – Today, pop music legend Carole King joined Representatives Carolyn Maloney...
by Mike Garrity | Feb 11, 2009 | Associated Press, AWR, bears, caribou, elk, hunting, logging, wilderness, wolves
by Matthew Daly, Associated Press Writer A New York congresswoman has again introduced a wide-reaching wilderness protection bill that would ban logging, oil exploration and other development on 23 million acres across five Northwestern states. As in previous years,...