by Mike Garrity | May 12, 2012 | AWR, bison, cattle, Yellowstone National Park
by Laura Lundquist, Chronicle Staff Writer Meant to clarify the process of managing bison, the Interagency Bison Management Plan this week is providing fodder for a bison tug-of-war between opposing groups. On Friday, the Montana Farm Bureau released a statement...
by Mike Garrity | May 11, 2012 | AWR, bison, buffalo, Yellowstone National Park
by Laura Lundquist, Chronicle Staff Writer A Helena judge has agreed to hear a Bozeman conservation group’s request to halt helicopter use during bison hazing. In the meantime, Yellowstone National Park officials await the governor’s response to their...
by Mike Garrity | May 11, 2012 | AWR, bears, bison, buffalo, cattle, Yellowstone National Park
by Marnee Banks (KXLH Helena) HELENA — A non-profit group is asking a federal court judge to stop the state from using helicopters to herd bison. The Alliance for the Wild Rockies filed the injunction this week claiming the use of low flying helicopters to herd bison...
by Mike Garrity | May 9, 2012 | AWR, bears, bison, buffalo, cattle, Yellowstone National Park
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 As helicopters took to the air to haze bison into Yellowstone Park, the Alliance for the Wild Rockies took its case to court to try and stop them. “We have tried to reason...
by Mike Garrity | Nov 30, 2011 | AWR, bison, buffalo, hunting, Yellowstone National Park
by Katherine Mozzone BOZEMAN, Mont. — Wednesday begins a two part meeting where plan partners will discuss how to further progress in reaching their goal of conserving a wild, free-range bison population while controlling the spread of Brucellosis. The Citizens...
by Mike Garrity | Aug 13, 2011 | Associated Press, AWR, hunting, wolves, Yellowstone National Park
by Keith Ridler – Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Environmentalists have asked a federal appeals court for an emergency injunction to halt wolf hunts scheduled to start in a few weeks in Idaho and Montana. The request filed by the Alliance for the Wild...
