by Mike Garrity | May 19, 2011 | AWR, bears, bison, buffalo, cattle, forest, Yellowstone National Park
by Rob Chaney of the Missoulian The Alliance for the Wild Rockies has filed a lawsuit trying to stop state and federal officials from using helicopters to haze bison into Yellowstone National Park, arguing the tactic also harasses grizzly bears. “We have video...
by Mike Garrity | May 18, 2011 | AWR, bears, bison, buffalo, cattle, Yellowstone National Park
contact Michael Garrity, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Missoula, MT. The Alliance for the Wild Rockies, a Helena, Montana, based non-profit conservation group, has filed a lawsuit to halt repeated low-altitude helicopter flights over occupied grizzly...
by Mike Garrity | May 15, 2011 | Associated Press, AWR, forest, logging, lynx, Yellowstone National Park
by Todd Dvorak, Associated Press BOISE, Idaho — A pair of environmental groups has filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the merits of a proposed 7,000-acre logging project in federal forest on the western border of Yellowstone National Park. Attorneys for the...
by Mike Garrity | May 12, 2011 | AWR, bears, bison, cattle, Yellowstone National Park
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 The Alliance for the Wild Rockies, a Helena, Montana, based non-profit conservation group, filed an official 60-day Notice of Intent to Sue under the Endangered Species Act...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 29, 2011 | AWR, bison, BLM, buffalo, fish, forest, University of Montana, wildlife, Yellowstone National Park
by Carly Flandro, Chronicle Staff Writer In the realm of green groups, there are no widgets for sale. Donors receive no bells or whistles to take home and show for their money. There are only ideas, projects, promises of action, a hope and a cause. Still, that’s...
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...