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Judge Halts Montana’s Wolverine Trapping Season
by Rob Chaney of the Missoulian One day before the season was to start, a state district court judge has halted Montana's wolverine trapping while he prepares to hear arguments why the animal should be protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. The Helena-based...
Montana Judge Blocks Wolverine Trapping
by Matthew Brown, Associated Press The fierce but elusive wolverine got a last-minute reprieve Friday from a trapping season due to start this weekend in Montana, after a state judge issued a restraining order sought by conservationists who say climate change...
Judge Temporarily Halts Wolverine Trapping
by John S. Adams, Tribune Capital Bureau HELENA — Montana District Court Judge Jeffery Sherlock on Friday granted an injunction stopping the wolverine trapping season until a full hearing on the state's trapping season can be heard Jan. 10. The Alliance for the Wild...
Wolverine Trapping Challenged
Judge Temporarily Halts Wolverine Trapping Independent Record Montana Judge Blocks Wolverine Trapping Judge Temporarily Halts Wolverine Trapping Tribune Capital Bureau Judge Halts Montana’s Wolverine Trapping Season...
Grassroots Groups Sue Feds for Delisting Wolves in Wyoming
by Wild Earth Guardians A coalition of grassroots conservation organizations filed suit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) yesterday for removing gray wolves in Wyoming from the federal threatened and endangered species list. The Service approved the...
Greens Sue USA to Save Gray Wolves
by Sam Reynolds DENVER (CN) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service knows that gray wolves "will be exterminated" in a great part of Wyoming if it allows the state to "manage" the animals, but Fish & Wildlife is doing it anyway, eight environmental groups claim in...
Delisting Wolves in Wymoning
Greens Sue USA to Save Gray Wolves Complaint, November 27, 2012 (PDF) Second Coalition Challenges Wyoming Wolf Delisting Grassroots Conservation Organizations Notice Feds of Impending Wolf Litigation; Wyoming’s Wolves to be Shot En...
Second Coalition Challenges Wyoming Wolf Delisting
by Ben Neary, Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo.—A second coalition of environmental groups has filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service claiming it violated the Endangered Species Act by ending federal protections for wolves in Wyoming this...
The Rest of the Story on Little Belts Lawsuit
by Michael Garrity, Viewpoints, Great Falls Tribune The Tribune's article on Nov. 18 about the Lewis and Clark National Forest left out some important details and readers deserve to know why the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council went to court...
Spraying/Logging Project in Little Belt Mountains, Lewis & Clark National Forest
Detailed Project Map (PDF) The Rest of the Story on Little Belt Lawsuit Conservation Groups Sue Over Little Belt Logging Groups Sue Over Little Belts Beetle-kill Logging Conservation Groups File Lawsuit to Stop Herbicide spraying and Logging on 17,000 Acres in Little...
Forest Service Plan Fails Logic, the Law
by Mike Garrity, OPED, Your Turn in Helena Independent Record Eve Byron's well-written article in the IR on Oct. 17 about the Forest Service decision to change elk cover standards should have been titled "Forest Service Wants to Destroy Elk Habitat." Three days before...
Bataille au Montana pour Sauver le Glouton
by Le Monde.fr avec Reuters L'étonnant glouton va-t-il disparaître des montagnes d'Amérique du Nord ? Des associations américaines de protection de la nature ont saisi la justice au Montana pour faire interdire la chasse à cet animal vorace, dont il resterait moins de...
Groups Sue to Stop Wolverine Trapping
by Laura Lundquist, Chronicle Staff Writer Conservation groups filed a lawsuit Thursday to stop wolverine trapping, the same day the Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Commission approved new rules for wolf trapping. The Western Environmental Law Center requested an...
Conservation Groups Sue to End Trapping of Wolverines in Montana
by Laura Zuckerman, Reuters SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Conservationists on Thursday asked a state judge to end trapping of wolverines in Montana at a time when fewer than 300 of the elusive animals roam the Northern Rockies and Northern Cascades. Montana is the only...
Conservation Groups Sue to Stop Montana Wolverine Trapping Season
by Associated Press BILLINGS — A coalition of groups trying to halt wolverine trapping in Montana filed a lawsuit Thursday that aims to provide new protections for an animal scientists warn will be imperiled by climate change in coming decades. Montana is the only...
Local Groups Sue to Stop Wolverine Trapping
by Eve Byron, Independent Record Eight conservation groups and one individual are asking a Helena judge to stop Montana's wolverine trapping season, saying their population is "imperiled" and that the animal is a candidate for protection under federal statutes. The...
Water Supply Less Vulnerable to Fire
by Laura Lundquist, Chronicle Staff Writer This summer's Millie fire prompted renewed calls for thinning the forests south of Bozeman to protect the city's water supply from fire. However, upgrades to the water plant are nullifying the argument that the water supply...
Suit to Halt Gallatin National Forest Projects in Bozeman Watershed & East Boulder Creek
Bozeman Watershed (png) East Boulder Creek (PDF) Water Supply Less Vulnerable to Fire Environmental Groups Sue to Stop Logging Projects Conservations Groups Sue Over Gallatin National Forest Logging Projects Conservation Groups File Lawsuit...
Conservation Groups Sue Over Little Belt Logging
by Associated Press GREAT FALLS — Two conservation groups filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service arguing the agency should have completed a more thorough environmental review of a plan to cut down trees killed by mountain pine beetles in the Little Belt...
Groups Sue Over Little Belts Beetle-kill Logging
by Karl Puckett, Tribune Staff Writer Two conservation organizations are suing the U.S. Forest Service over a plan to log mountain pine beetle-infested trees in the Little Belt Mountains. Lewis and Clark National Forest contends that with the infested trees at risk of...
Conservation Groups File Lawsuit to Stop Herbicide spraying and Logging on 17,000 Acres in Little Belt Mountains
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 The Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council filed a lawsuit on Friday in Federal District Court against the Forest Service to stop the Little Belt Mountain...
Environmentalists Sue Over Idaho Logging Project
by The Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Two environmental groups are suing the U.S. Forest Service over a planned logging project in north-central Idaho because they contend the logging will violate the Endangered Species Act. Alliance for the Wild Rockies and...
Logging and Road Building Habitat Threat in Nez Perce National Forest
Environmentalists Sue Over Idaho Logging Project Conservation groups file lawsuit to stop logging and road-building in Nez Perce National Forest Complaint, September 6, 2012 (PDF)
Conservation groups file lawsuit to stop logging and road-building in Nez Perce National Forest
contact Gary Macfarlane, Ecosystem Defense Director, Friends of the Clearwater, (208) 882-9755 Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Moscow, ID — The Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Friends of the Clearwater filed a...
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