by Mike Garrity | Mar 9, 2021 | Grizzly, lynx, wolverines, Yellowstone National Park
On March 8th, a federal court in Idaho ruled that a legal challenge to a natural gas pipeline can proceed. The lawsuit was filed by two grassroots conservation groups — Yellowstone to Uintas Connection and the Alliance for the Wild Rockies — and it challenges the...
by Mike Garrity | Feb 25, 2021 | Yellowstone National Park
Last December the Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Native Ecosystems Council, and Yellowstone to Uintas Connection took the Trump administration’s Forest Service to federal court over plans to massively log and burn over 40,000 acres in the very headwaters of the...
by Mike Garrity | Dec 9, 2014 | AWR, bears, logging, lynx, Yellowstone National Park
Judge: Hebgen Logging Project needs USFWS Assessment for Bears, Lynx Hebgen-area Logging Project Faces Another Delay Conservation Groups Win Victory for Yellowstone Grizzlies and Lynx Court Order, Dec 5, 2014 (PDF)
by Mike Garrity | Dec 5, 2014 | AWR, bears, Gallatin National Forest, Hebgen Lake, logging, lynx, Yellowstone National Park
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 The Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council won an important victory in federal court today for the grizzly bear and lynx that make their home on the...
by Mike Garrity | Nov 20, 2014 | AWR, bears, bison, buffalo, Yellowstone National Park
by Laura Lundquist, Chronicle Staff Writer Despite an appellate court’s ruling allowing helicopter hazing of bison, an environmental group is happy about the precedent they won: namely the standing they can use in future lawsuits. On Thursday, the 9th Circuit...
by Mike Garrity | Nov 18, 2014 | AWR, lynx, Yellowstone National Park
Four conservation groups filed suit Monday in Missoula federal court, challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s designation of critical Canada lynx habitat in the lower 48 states. The national Sierra Club, Colorado-based Rocky Mountain Wild, Montana-based...
