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Conservation Groups Demand Protection of Whitebark Pine under the Endangered Species Act
contact Steve Kelly, Alliance for the Wild Rockies (406) 586-4421 Matthew Koehler, WildWest Institute (406) 396-0321 "The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has already concluded that whitebark pine faces numerous threats, including climate change, that are so pressing...
Feds to Announce Decision on Wolverine Protection January 18
by Rob Chaney of the Missoulian Wolverine trapping in Montana effectively ended on Monday after a court case challenging its legality looks to last beyond the season's end. And an anticipated federal rule could put the rare predator on the Endangered Species List....
Wolverine Trapping Season Ended before it Started
by Eve Byron, Independent Record AGENCY VOWS TO CHALLENGE THE OVERALL LAWSUIT SEEKING TO HALT THE ACTIVITY Montana's 2012/2013 wolverine trapping season essentially ended before it started, after Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks decided not to contest a temporary...
State Drops Challenge of Wolverine-trapping Stoppage
by Laura Lundquist, Chronicle Staff Writer Wolverines won't be trapped in Montana this season and possibly for many years to come. On Monday, Lewis and Clark County District Court Judge Jeffrey Sherlock agreed to cancel a Jan. 10 hearing that could have stopped the...
No Wolverine Trapping in 2013
contact Matthew Bishop, Western Environmental Law Center, (406) 324-8011 Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Arlene Montgomery, Friends of the Wild Swan, (406) 886-2011 (Helena) Montana District Court Judge Sherlock...
Conservation Groups Sue Forest Service to Stop Burning Sage Grouse Habitat
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 today in Federal District Court to stop the Forest Service from cutting conifers and burning...
Sage Grouse Habitat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0M8pZnNlnI Groups Sue Forest Service to Protect Sage Grouse Conservation Groups Sue Forest Service to Stop Burning Sage Grouse Habitat Complaint, December 18, 2012
Groups Sue Forest Service to Protect Sage Grouse
by Chronicle Staff Two environmental groups sued the U.S. Forest Service and Regional Forester Faye Krueger last week to stop a 3,400-acre thinning project in the east Pioneer Mountains north of Dillon. In a March decision, Krueger said the Trapper Project would use...
Judge Temporarily Halts Wolverine Trapping
by Eve Byron, Independent Record Wolverine trapping, slated to begin on Saturday, is on hold after a Helena judge on Friday granted nine conservation groups' request for a temporary restraining order. In a five-page order, Montana District Court Judge Jeffrey Sherlock...
Judge Temporarily Blocks Wolverine Trapping in Montana
by Laura Zuckerman, Reuters (Reuters) - A judge on Friday put the brakes on the start of trapping season in Montana for wolverines - ferocious but rare members of the weasel family - until at least the outcome of a hearing early next year on whether a longer-term...
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...
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