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Conservation Groups File Lawsuit to Stop Logging and Road Building in Westslope Cutthroat Trout and Elk Habitat
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Butte, MT — Two conservation groups, the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council, filed a lawsuit in Federal District Court yesterday against the U.S. Forest...
Conservation Group Hails Federal Ruling as Precedent-setting
A ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals this week on a Big Hole Valley timber sale is being hailed by environmental groups as a precedent-setting decision. Susan Brown, a staff attorney for the Western Environmental Law Center, said the ruling is important...
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Denies Government Request to Resume Clearcutting in Upper Big Hole Valley
contacts Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Susan Jane Brown, Western Environmental Law Center (503) 914-1323 A ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals this week has set a precedent by defining at what point...
Appeals Court Rejects U.S. Request for Rehearing in Mont. Timber Case
by Lawrence Hurley of Greenwire A federal appeals court today rejected a government request that it rehear a case that set a precedent on how to interpret a 2008 Supreme Court ruling that seemed to limit the ability of environmental groups to put a stop to certain...
Federal Agency Drops Appeal of Lynx Habitat
by Eve Byron, Independent Record Critical habitat for Canada lynx will be re-evaluated by the federal government in three states, after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service withdrew its appeal of a ruling by a federal court judge in Missoula. U.S. District Court Judge...
Feds Drop Lynx Appeal, will Revise Habitat Plan
by Matthew Brown, Associated Press BILLINGS — Wildlife officials have dropped their appeal of a court ruling that forces the government to revise its flawed plan to protect critical habitat for Canada lynx. The move means the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will have...
“Critical Habitat” Recalculated for Reintroduced Lynx
by Bruce Finley, The Denver Post Federal lawyers have backed away from fighting a federal judge's ruling that favors lynx, clearing the way for possible broader protection of the quick-pawed predators in Colorado and other Western states. U.S. Fish and Wildlife...
Federal Government Drops Appeal of Federal District Court Ruling against U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Over Inadequate Lynx Critical Habitat
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 (Missoula) Last summer Federal District Judge Donald Molloy ruled in favor of four conservation groups who took the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services (FWS) to court claiming the...
Montanans take Tester to Task
by Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies Opinion - Your Turn Sen. Jon Tester made many promises during his campaign against former Sen. Conrad Burns, including working to protect all inventoried roadless areas, not using riders to manage...
Rocky Mountain Low
Editorial The actions of three states and a handful of congressmen seem likely to undermine the return of the gray wolves of the northern Rockies. Even worse, they would set an appalling precedent for undermining the species act. The goal of the Endangered Species Act...
Rocky Mountain Gray Wolf
Rocky Mountain Low Wolves Back on Endangered List Judge puts Wolf Hunts on Hold The Order, August 5, 2010 (PDF) Idaho and Montana Wolf Hunts End
Senator Tester Attempts to Attach Logging Bill to Senate Continuing Resolution Bill, December 11, 2010
Hello: As you may have heard, Senator Tester is attempting to attach his logging bill onto the Senate's Continuing Resolution (CR) bill, which is a required, must pass bill to fund the US Government until September 2011. Two hours after the following inquiry was sent...
Tester Looking to Attach FJRA Bill to Other Bills
by Matt Gouras U.S. Sen. Jon Tester said Tuesday his compromise plan to both increase logging and expand wilderness still has a chance to clear Congress this year — a move that could be more critical for the legislation as hopes dimmed that it could clear a...
Tester Looking to Attach FJRA Bill to Other Bills
by Matt Gouras U.S. Sen. Jon Tester said Tuesday his compromise plan to both increase logging and expand wilderness still has a chance to clear Congress this year — a move that could be more critical for the legislation as hopes dimmed that it could clear a...
Feds Release Final Rule on Bull Trout Habitat
by Eve Byron, Independent Record The final rule regarding critical habitat designation for bull trout was released Tuesday, outlining more than 19,000 miles of streams and 488,000 acres of lakes in five states where proposed federal activities must be analyzed to see...
Conservation Organization Files Lawsuit to Stop Logging near Priest Lake, Idaho
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Priest Lake, Idaho—A lawsuit was filed by the Alliance for the Wild Rockies in Federal District Court in Idaho yesterday challenging the Forest Service's decision to go forward...
Priest Lake, ID Habitat Threatened
Conservation Organization Files Lawsuit to Stop Logging near Priest Lake, Idaho Complaint, Oct. 6, 2010 Locator Map (link)
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Halts Crazy Mountains Logging Project That Violates Elk Hiding Cover Standards
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Plans to log nearly 700 acres of the visually spectacular and topographically dramatic Crazy Mountains have been halted by a federal court order because the project would...
Crazy Mountain Logging Project Halted Again
by Daniel Person, Chronicle Staff Writer A logging project in the Crazy Mountains has been halted by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which found this week that the Gallatin National Forest did not follow its own rules when it drew out the plans. The Smith Creek...
Forest Service Misleading Public on Elliston Timber Sale
by Michael Garrity, Your Turn editorial The recent smoke filling the Helena Valley due to an out-of-control "controlled burn" by the Forest Service should confirm once and for all that government agencies can and do make mistakes. Sometimes, as with the 1,000 acres...
Plan to Log Gallatin Withdrawn
by Gazette Staff The Gallatin National Forest has withdrawn its East Boulder Fuels Reduction Project to re-examine the project in the wake of the re-listing of gray wolves. "We wanted to do some more analysis because it's an endangered species," said Marna Daley,...
East Boulder River Logging Project Withdrawn after Successful Appeal
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 The Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council are pleased to announce that the Gallatin National Forest has withdrawn the planned East Boulder Fuels Reduction...
Forest Service pulls timber sale near Elliston for the fourth time
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Helena, MT — The Helena National Forest announced on August 20 that they are pulling their decision to log the Elliston Face Fuels Reduction timber sale. The Alliance for the...
Judge puts Wolf Hunts on Hold
by Matt Volz, Associated Press HELENA — A federal judge on Thursday reinstated protections for wolves in Montana and Idaho, saying the government made a political decision in removing the protections from just two of the states where Northern Rocky Mountain wolves...
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