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Learn about our ongoing work and success in holding our government agencies accountable to the laws that protect our ecosystems and species from habitat destruction caused by extractive industries.
‘Collaborative’ Logging Plan still Controversial
by Michael Garrity, Opinion, IR Your Turn A Nov. 1 article in the Independent Record reported that a "collaborative" group developed and submitted to the Forest Service a proposal to log thousands of acres in and around an inventoried roadless area southwest of...
Idaho and Montana Wolf Hunts Head to Court
by Matthew Brown, Associated Press UPDATE: With more than 150 wolves shot in the Northern Rockies so far this fall, a panel of federal judges on Tuesday is scheduled to consider an emergency halt to public hunts for the animals. Congress cleared the way for the hunts...
Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act Introduced
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Measure would preserve 23 million roadless acres as wilderness "While most of Congress works hard on giving away national resources to the powerful lobbies for select commercial...
Bill to Convert Roadless Public Lands to Wilderness Reintroduced
by John S. Adams, Great Falls Tribune Capital Bureau Chief HELENA — A sweeping bill that would designate 23 million acres of roadless public lands in five Northern Rockies states as wilderness was reintroduced in Congress this week. The acreage falls in Montana,...
Reps. Maloney, Grijalva, Markey Introduce Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act
contacts Jon Houston, Maloney, (202) 225-7944 Eben Burnham-Snyder, Markey, (202) 225-2836 Adam Sarvana, Grijalva, (202) 225-2435 Mike Garrity, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 --HR 3334 would preserve 23 million acres in Northern Rockies-- WASHINGTON, DC...
Board Postpones Vote on Air Quality Permit for UM Biomass Boiler
by Chelsi Moy of the Missoulian After a lively conversation before a crowded room, members of the Missoula Air Pollution Control Board decided holding a Wednesday night vote on the University of Montana's controversial air quality permit would be a bit hasty. The...
Emergency Injunction Sought to Stop Montana-Idaho Wolf Hunts
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 "Seventeen wolves have already been killed during Montana's early archery wolf-hunting season and sixty wolves in Idaho's wolf hunting season," said Mike Garrity, Executive...
Wolf Hunt: Eleven Wolves Killed in Montana so far, Environmental Groups File Injunction to Block Hunts from Continuing
by Carly Flandro, Chronicle Staff Writer Four wolves were killed during Montana's archery season, which closed Sunday. That concluded the state's first official archery season for wolves, according to Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. The wolves that were taken...
Court Rejects Stay on Wolf Hunts in Idaho, Montana
by Laura Zuckerman (Reuters) - A federal court rejected a bid by conservationists for an immediate halt to wolf hunts in Idaho and Montana on Tuesday, but the judges said they would reconsider the request next month. The Alliance for the Wild Rockies and others had...
Bid to Stop Rockies Wolf Hunt Denied – For Now
by The Associated Press BILLINGS — A federal appeals court on Tuesday turned down an emergency request by wildlife advocates seeking to stop gray wolf hunts in the Northern Rockies. But the court said judges will reconsider the issue in November. The ruling by the 9th...
Environmental Groups Seek Injunction to Stop Montana Wolf Hunt
by Rob Chaney of the Missoulian A group of wolf advocates has requested an emergency halt to wolf hunting in the Rocky Mountains, less than a week before the general rifle season begins in Montana. The Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Friends of the Clearwater and...
Emergency Halt to Wolf Hunts Sought in Montana and Idaho
by Kim Murphy in Seattle Bow-and-arrow hunters already have shot 11 of Montana's once-threatened wolf population since a controversial wolf hunt started at the beginning of September, while 60 wolves have been killed in neighboring Idaho. Now, big game rifle-hunting...
Government has to Follow Laws as Well
by Michael Garrity, Guest column, Opinion How ironic is it that while the Missoulian was chastising the Alliance for the Wild Rockies for filing a lawsuit to protect the environment in its editorial last Sunday (Oct. 2) the Alliance, the Environmental Protection...
Government has to Follow Laws as Well
by Michael Garrity, Guest column, Opinion How ironic is it that while the Missoulian was chastising the Alliance for the Wild Rockies for filing a lawsuit to protect the environment in its editorial last Sunday (Oct. 2) the Alliance, the Environmental Protection...
Water Clean-up Agreement called “Montana’s Most Far-reaching Environmental Victory in a Decade”
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 "This is easily Montana's most far-reaching environmental victory in a decade," said Mike Garrity, Executive Director of the Alliance for the Wild Rockies, of the recently...
Sweeping Clean Water Settlement Approved for Montana
by Laura Zuckerman, Reuters SALMON, Idaho, Oct 3 (Reuters) - A federal judge has approved a far-reaching settlement giving Montana until 2014 to clean up polluted streams and lakes in 28 watersheds across the state, capping nearly 15 years of legal battles, officials...
Local Group to Sue over Herbicide Spraying
by Eve Byron, Independent Record Aerial application of herbicides including clopyralid and picloram is planned to take place next week on 1,200 acres in the Ogden Mountain and Nevada Mountain areas to try to knock back spotted knapweed infestations, but it may be...
Lawsuit Over Seeley Timber Sale Reveals Split Among Environmental Groups
by Rob Chaney of the Missoulian A lawsuit challenging a timber sale north of Seeley Lake shows either the U.S. Forest Service can't follow the law or some environmental groups can't agree to work together. The Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Friends of the Wild Swan,...
Lawsuit Filed to Halt Montana Timber Project
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Four conservation groups have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service in federal court seeking to halt a 2,038-acre logging plan contained in a restoration project for the Lolo National Forest about 10 miles north of Seeley Lake. The...
Conservation Groups File Lawsuit to Stop Logging and Road Building in Lynx, Grizzly Bear and Bull Trout Critical Habitat
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Ecosystems Council, and Montana Ecosystems Defense Council filed a lawsuit today against the U.S. Forest Service to stop the Colt Summit Timber Sale on the Lolo National Forest,...
Lawsuit Filed to Stop Timber Sale on Lolo National Forest near Seeley Lake
by The Associated Press Four conservation groups have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service in federal court seeking to halt a 2,038-acre logging plan contained in a restoration project for the Lolo National Forest about 10 miles north of Seeley Lake. The...
Ninth Circuit: Wolf Hunt Can Go On
by Associated Press A federal appeals court on Thursday denied a request by environmental groups to halt wolf hunts that are scheduled to begin next week in Idaho and Montana. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denied the request by the Alliance for the Wild Rockies...
Ninth Circuit Denies Motion to Bar Wolf Hunting in Northern Rockies
contacts Steve Kelly, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 586-4421 Mark Salvo, WildEarth Guardians, (503) 757-4221 Hundreds of gray wolves may be killed in Idaho and Montana San Francisco, CA — The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has denied a request to enjoin wolf...
Injunction Sought
Ninth Circuit Denies Motion to Bar Wolf Hunting in Northern Rockies Ninth Circuit: Wolf Hunt Can Go On Exhibits as filed, #7, #8, Aug 13, 2011 (PDFs) Reply in Support of Emergency Motion, August 23, 2011 (PDF) Emergency Order is Sought to Halt Wolf Hunts in Idaho and...
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