by Mike Garrity | Mar 13, 2011 | AWR, wolves
by Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 During his 2006 campaign against then-Sen. Conrad Burns, candidate Jon Tester made many promises. Among them, Tester promised he wouldn’t use “riders,” which are...
by Mike Garrity | Feb 17, 2011 | AWR, cattle, elk, wildlife, wolves, Yellowstone National Park
by Eve Byron, The Independent Record In a bold move against federal authority of gray wolves in Montana, Gov. Brian Schweitzer has called for entire packs to be killed in the Bitterroot Valley to protect the dwindling elk population there, and has directed Montana...
by Mike Garrity | Dec 16, 2010 | AWR, hunting, wolves
Editorial The actions of three states and a handful of congressmen seem likely to undermine the return of the gray wolves of the northern Rockies. Even worse, they would set an appalling precedent for undermining the species act. The goal of the Endangered Species Act...
by Mike Garrity | Dec 16, 2010 | AWR, hunting, wolves
Rocky Mountain Low Wolves Back on Endangered List Judge puts Wolf Hunts on Hold The Order, August 5, 2010 (PDF) Idaho and Montana Wolf Hunts...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 1, 2010 | AWR, bears, Gallatin National Forest, logging, mining, roads, wolverines, wolves
by Gazette Staff The Gallatin National Forest has withdrawn its East Boulder Fuels Reduction Project to re-examine the project in the wake of the re-listing of gray wolves. “We wanted to do some more analysis because it’s an endangered species,” said...
by Mike Garrity | Aug 6, 2010 | Associated Press, AWR, hunting, wolves, Yellowstone National Park
by Matt Volz, Associated Press HELENA — A federal judge on Thursday reinstated protections for wolves in Montana and Idaho, saying the government made a political decision in removing the protections from just two of the states where Northern Rocky Mountain wolves...
