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Environmentalists Sue to Block Ninemile Timber Sale
by Martin Kidston A conservation group filed an injunction in U.S. District Court on Tuesday to block a restoration project and timber sale on the Lolo National Forest, saying the work would adversely impact a variety of species by altering their habitat. In its...
Conservation Groups File Lawsuit to Stop Gallatin National Forest Logging
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 or Steve Kelly, (406) 586-4421 The Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council filed a lawsuit today in Federal District Court to stop the proposed Millie...
Daines is Completely Wrong on Forest Issues
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 more corporate logging....
Helicopter Hazing Buffalo & Grizzly Bears
Federal Agency Turns Over Bison Hazing Documents Court Rejects Helicopter Haze Injunction Appeals Court won’t Block Yellowstone Bison Hazing Alliance for the Wild Rockies Seeks Emergency Injunction to Halt Helicopter Bison Hazing Emergency Motion, May 13, 2013 (PDF)...
Federal Agency Turns Over Bison Hazing Documents
by Associated Press HELENA — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has turned over its analysis on the effects of hazing bison back into Yellowstone National Parks on threatened grizzly bears after a conservation group sued for the information. U.S. District Judge Donald...
Forest Service Sued over Logging Plan for Utah’s Dixie National Forest
by Brooke Adams, The Salt Lake Tribune Courts » Logging on the Aquarius Plateau in Southern Utah will destroy habitat for a number of sensitive species, lawsuit claims. Two conservation groups have filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for Utah to stop the U.S....
Lynx Habitat Reprieve
Judge Stops Three Logging Projects Over Lynx Judge Stops another Logging Project over Lynx Court Order, June 25, 2013 Federal Court Halts Illegal Logging and Road-building in Lynx Habitat in the Big Belt Mountains
Couple Seeking Permit for Farm for Lynx, Bobcat
by Karl Puckett, Tribune Staff Writer A Stevensville couple is applying for a license from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks to operate a facility to raise and sell captive bobcat and lynx 10 miles north of the western Montana town. The proposal is opposed by the...
FWP Expects Decision on Cat Farm in August
by Tribune Staff Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks expects to make a decision on a proposed commercial fur farm north of western Montana's Stevensville next month. The fur farm proposal is the first FWP has considered in six to eight years, said Michael Lee, commercial...
Colt Summit Logging Project
Forest Service not Telling Whole Story on Colt-Summit Judge Rejects New Version of Forest Project near Seeley Lake Judge Keeps Block on Lolo Forest Project Court Denies Lifting Injunction on Colt Summit Project Press Release Court Denies Lifting Injunction on Colt...
Forest Service not Telling Whole Story on Colt-Summit
by George Ochenski, Opinion Page, Missoulian Anyone who has dealt with a government agency probably has a story to tell about how hard it was to get to the bottom of the issue. That's especially true in regards to the U.S. Forest Service when politicians like...
Swan Valley Logging Project Challenged
Conservation Groups Sue Over Timber Sale Around Lindbergh Lake Conservation Groups Challenge Logging Project in the Swan Valley Complaint, June 24, 2013 (PDF) Project Map, USFS, Flathead National Forest (PDF)
Conservation Groups Sue Over Timber Sale Around Lindbergh Lake
by Rob Chaney A timber sale around Lindbergh Lake is headed to court after planners and opponents disagreed over how beneficial it might be to old-growth forests and rare wildlife. Four Montana conservation groups sued to block the Glacier-Loon Timber Sale in Missoula...
Federal Court Halts Illegal Logging and Road-building in Lynx Habitat in the Big Belt Mountains
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Missoula, MT — A Montana federal district court halted the proposed Cabin Gulch timber sale in the Helena National Forest last night. The logging was planned on 2,289 acres,...
Judge Stops another Logging Project over Lynx
by Associated Press A federal judge has blocked another Montana logging project because the U.S. Forest Service and Fish and Wildlife Services did not take the proper steps to determine whether lynx may be in the area. U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen on Monday...
Judge Stops Three Logging Projects Over Lynx
by Associated Press A federal judge this week blocked three Montana logging projects in two national forests, saying the U.S. government did not properly examine the effects the projects might have on lynx and the threatened animal's habitat. That makes four timber...
Conservation Groups Challenge Logging Project in the Swan Valley
contacts Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Arlene Montgomery, Friends of the Wild Swan, (406) 886-2011 Four conservation groups, Alliance fir the Wild Rockies, Swan View Coalition, Friends of the Wild Swan, and Native...
Forest Service Lobbies for Red Lodge Project to Remove Trees
by Brett French RED LODGE — To see how a wildfire can affect the landscape of the Beartooth Mountains, curious folks need drive no farther than 10 miles west of this mountain community, up the West Fork of Rock Creek. In 2008, the Cascade fire burned about 10,000...
Judge’s Summary – Fleecer Timber Project, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, Montana
Summary judgment is also granted in favor of Plaintiffs on their claims under the ESA. The Court concludes that the case must be remanded to the Wildlife Service to consider whether lynx "may be present" in the Forest because the Wildlife Service improperly applied a...
Judge Blocks Logging Project in Southwestern Montana
by The Associated Press HELENA — A judge on Friday blocked a logging project in Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest and ordered two federal agencies to take another look at the effects on lynx, grizzly bears and elk that may be in the area. The Fleecer Mountains...
Canada Lynx (Lynx canadensis)
Forest Service Must Modify Lynx Protections Groups Sue Montana over Trapping of Imperiled Lynx Lawsuit filed to Protect Lynx from Trapping Groups Sue to Stop Trapping in Lynx Areas Groups Sue to End Trapping in 15 Montana Counties Imperiled Canada Lynx Caught in Traps...
Forest Service Must Modify Lynx Protections
by Laura Lundquist, Chronicle Staff Writer A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Forest Service will have to stop dragging its heels on lynx protection. Last week, federal judge Dana L. Christensen in Missoula sided with the Bozeman-based Cottonwood Environmental...
Appeals Court won’t Block Yellowstone Bison Hazing
by Associated Press A federal appeals court denied a request to block the use of a helicopter to haze wild bison as officials in southwestern Montana wrapped up the annual drive of the animals back into Yellowstone National Park. A three-judge panel from the 9th U.S....
Court Rejects Helicopter Haze Injunction
by Laura Lundquist, Chronicle Staff Writer An appeals court has denied a temporary injunction to halt helicopter use in bison hazing operations. On Monday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied a temporary injunction filed by the Alliance for Wild Rockies to...
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