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Forest Service to Reconsider Thinning Work near Wise River
by Francis Davis of The Montana Standard https://youtu.be/m0M8pZnNlnI The U.S. Forest Service will withdraw its original plans and prepare a new analysis on a 3,400-acre thinning project in the east Pioneer Mountains near Wise River. Two environmental groups had sued...
Group Sues to Reclassify Montana Bear Population
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A conservation group is suing the federal government for failing to reclassify a small population of grizzly bears as endangered. The estimated 42 Cabinet-Yaak grizzly bears in northwestern Montana are considered a threatened species. The U.S....
Wildlife Advocates Outraged after Lone Bull Bison Shot in Wildlife Management Area
by Katherine Mozzone, KTVM Reporter BOZEMAN, Mont. — Wildlife advocates are outraged over a bison shot in a wildlife management area in the Paradise Valley, but Department of Livestock leaders say the bison was out of the tolerance area and had to be shot. Folks with...
Judge Rejects New Version of Forest Project near Seeley Lake
by Rob Chaney Ah, the difference two letters make. A U.S. District Court judge rejected a new version of the Colt-Summit forest project near Seeley Lake because the U.S. Forest Service didn't follow his instructions. "The summary judgment order plainly requires the...
Helena-based Conservation Group Appeals Bison Hazing Ruling to Ninth Circuit Court
by Eve Byron, Independent Record A conservation group in Helena filed a notice Thursday that it will appeal a federal court judge's ruling that allows for helicopter hazing of bison to resume this spring near Yellowstone National Park. Mike Garrity, executive director...
Court Denies Lifting Injunction on Colt Summit Project
contact Arlene Montgomery, Friends of the Wild Swan, (406) 886-2011 or Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 The Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Friends of the Wild Swan announced today that the Federal District Court in...
Court Denies Lifting Injunction on Colt Summit Project
by KPAX News MISSOULA — The District Court in Missoula denied the Forest Service's motion to lift the injunction on the Colt Summit Project. The court had enjoined the project because the cumulative impacts analysis for lynx was inadequate. The Forest Service was...
Judge Keeps Block on Lolo Forest Project
by Associated Press HELENA, Mont. — A federal judge says he will continue to block a collaborative forest-management project that includes logging 2,038 acres because the U.S. Forest Service did not submit a proper response to his order to analyze its effects on lynx...
Court Throws Out Helicopter Hazing Challenge
by Laura Lundquist, Chronicle Staff Writer Less than two months before bison must be pushed back into Yellowstone National Park, a judge has issued a ruling that will allow Montana authorities to use helicopters to haze the animals. On Tuesday in Missoula, U.S....
Groups Sue to Stop Trapping in Lynx Areas
by Laura Lundquist, Chronicle Staff Writer Three conservation groups have sued to stop trapping in Montana lynx habitat. On Thursday, in a Missoula U.S. District Court, the Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Friends of the Wild Swan and WildEarth Guardians filed a lawsuit...
Group Sues to Stop Hebgen Timber Sale
by Laura Lundquist, Chronicle Staff Writer An environmental group is suing for a second time to stop a timber sale in the Hebgen Basin. On Wednesday, the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and the Native Ecosystems Council filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Missoula...
Imperiled Canada Lynx Caught in Traps Push the Species Closer to Extinction
contact Wendy Keefover, WildEarth Guardians, (303) 819.5229 or Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 or Arlene Montgomery, Friends of the Wild Swan, (406) 886-2011 Montana's regulations allow traps in occupied lynx habitat...
Groups Sue to End Trapping in 15 Montana Counties
by The Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Three conservation groups are suing Montana in an attempt to force wildlife regulators to halt trapping in much of northwestern and southwestern Montana. They are seeking to end the trapping of wolves and fur-bearing...
Lawsuit filed to Protect Lynx from Trapping
by Eve Byron, Independent Record Three conservation groups filed a federal court lawsuit Thursday against Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks commissioners and Director Jeff Hagener for allowing trapping and snaring in Canada lynx habitat. The Friends of the Wild Swan,...
Groups Sue Montana over Trapping of Imperiled Lynx
by Laura Zuckerman, Reuters (Reuters) — Conservationists sued Montana wildlife officials on Thursday, claiming the state violated the U.S. Endangered Species Act by allowing hunters to set traps in areas known to be inhabited by the imperiled Canada lynx. Alliance for...
Reps. Maloney, Grijalva, & Markey Introduce the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act
contact Jon Houston, Maloney, (202) 225-7944 Eben Burnham-Snyder, Markey, (202) 225-2836 Adam Sarvana, Grijalva, (202) 225-2435 Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 HR 1187 would designate 23 million acres and waterways in...
Grizzly Bear Abundance and Density in Cabinet Yaak Ecosystem: Preliminary Results, USGS, Mar 2013
Grizzly Bear Abundance and Density in Cabinet Yaak Ecosystem: Preliminary Results, USGS, Mar 2013
More than 550 Wolves taken by Hunters and Trappers in Rockies
by Kim Murphy SEATTLE — Wildlife managers are calling it an ecological success story. Conservation advocates say it threatens to undermine years of work to recover a once-endangered species. The debate: A total of 553 wolves that have been killed by hunters and...
Government Denies Claims Concerning Sage Grouse
by Francis Davis of The Montana Standard Two environmental groups suing Forest Service to stop 3,400-acre timber thinning in Pioneers near Wise River Attorneys for the U.S. Forest Service and regional forester Supervisor Faye Krueger filed court papers in U.S....
Successful Appeal halts Dixie National Forest Logging Project for the Second Time
contact; Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 The Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Utah Environmental Congress and Native Ecosystems Council are pleased to announce that the Dixie National Forest has withdrawn the planned...
Wildlife Groups Praise withdrawal of Timber Sale
by Wendy Ogata, The Salt Lake Tribune U.S. Forest Service gives no reason for rejection of project. Wildlife conservation groups on Thursday praised a decision by Dixie National Forest withdrawing a plan to harvest 8,000 acres of old-growth forest near Escalante....
Grizzies: An Issue of Nuts
by Alex Sakariassen Back in 2009, environmentalists successfully challenged the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's decision to lift federal protections for grizzly bears in the Yellowstone ecosystem. The victory hinged on the decline of whitebark pine in the region and...
Lawsuit filed to Protect Whitebark Pines
by Eve Byron, Independent Record Two environmental groups filed a lawsuit this week seeking to force the federal government into listing the whitebark pine as a threatened or endangered species. In July 2011, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decided that the...
Montana Environmental Groups Sue to Protect Whitebark Pine
by Rob Chaney of the Missoulian A pair of Montana environmental groups have accused the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of stalling efforts to give federal protection to whitebark pine trees, which are disappearing from the northern Rocky Mountains. "Whitebark pine...
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