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...
by Mike Garrity | Nov 17, 2014 | AWR, logging, lynx, Yellowstone National Park
by Laura Lundquist, Chronicle Staff Writer Wildlife advocates Monday sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service a third time for limiting the amount of habitat that would be protected for lynx. The groups — the Sierra Club, the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Rocky...
by Mike Garrity | Jun 22, 2014 | AWR, Gallatin National Forest, logging, Yellowstone National Park
by Tom Kuglin, Independent Record Two conservation groups made the first legal challenge to a logging operation excluded from environmental analysis and public review under the 2014 Farm Bill. On Thursday, the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems...
by Mike Garrity | Aug 26, 2013 | AWR, logging, Yellowstone National Park
by Michael Garrity, Guest Column From one fifth-generation Montanan to another, I’m calling U.S. Rep. Steve Daines’ recent column on forest issues misinformed parroting of Bush-era “Healthy Forests Initiative” propaganda, which was nothing but...
by Mike Garrity | Aug 13, 2013 | AWR, forest, Yellowstone National Park
by Michael Garrity, Opinion From one fifth-generation Montanan to another, I’m calling Rep. Steve Daines’ recent column on forest issues, misinformed parroting of Bush-era “Healthy Forests” propaganda which was nothing but a smokescreen for...
