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Conservation Groups File Administrative Appeal to Stop Logging in Bozeman’s Watershed
contacts Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Steve Kelly, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, 586-4421 Bozeman, MT — Three conservation groups, the Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Montana Ecosystem Defense Council and Native...
Groups appeal logging project
by Eve Byron, Independent Record It's back to the drawing board for a portion of the Benchmark Fuels Reduction Project along the Rocky Mountain Front near Augusta. For the second time, a hearings officer has sided with two environmental groups — the Alliance for the...
Forest Service Reverses Decision on Benchmark Logging, Prescribed Burn
by Richard Ecke, Tribune Staff Writer Some 763 acres of forests in the Benchmark area west of Augusta would not be logged or burned under the reversal of an earlier U.S. Forest Service decision. "We're pleased to announce that the Forest Service has reversed its...
Environmental Groups no Strangers to Courthouse
by Daniel Person and Carly Flandro, Chronicle Staff Writers At her home outside Three Forks last week, Sara Johnson was printing out plans for a federal logging project in South Dakota's Black Hills. If things go the way they often do, Johnson will submit comments on...
The Donor Dance: How Green Groups Stay Funded
by Carly Flandro, Chronicle Staff Writer In the realm of green groups, there are no widgets for sale. Donors receive no bells or whistles to take home and show for their money. There are only ideas, projects, promises of action, a hope and a cause. Still, that's...
Settlement Reached for Wolf Delisting, Awaits Court’s OK
by Carly Flandro, Chronicle Staff Writer After years of legal gridlock, conservation groups and the U.S. Department of Interior Friday reached an agreement on gray wolf management that, if approved, would remove federal protection for the animals in Montana and Idaho....
Alliance for the Wild Rockies take Litigious Approach to Environmental Protection
by Daniel Person, Chronicle Staff Writer Not mincing words, Steve Kelly described the Alliance for the Wild Rockies approach to environmentalism in terms of war. "It's been a battle for policy," said Kelly, of Bozeman, one of the group's founders. "What's the policy...
Forest Service drops Appeal of Decision Halting Road-building and Logging in NW Montana Endangered Grizzly Bear Habitat
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 The Kootenai National Forest has dropped an appeal of a federal court ruling that halted three planned road-building and logging projects on public land in occupied habitat for...
Rider on National Funding Bill Delists Wolves by Congressional Fiat: Tester’s Wolf Rider Sets a Bad Policy, mtstandard.com, March 9, 2011
by Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 During his 2006 campaign against then-Sen. Conrad Burns, candidate Jon Tester made many promises. Among them, Tester promised he wouldn't use "riders," which are amendments tacked on...
Benchmark Logging Plan won’t Protect Homes, Violates Law
by Michael Garrity, Opinion A Feb. 11 opinion column in the Tribune alleged that an appeal of the Benchmark logging proposal was somehow "irresponsible." Nothing could be further from the truth. The Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council appealed...
Gov Calls for Wolves to be Killed
by Eve Byron, The Independent Record In a bold move against federal authority of gray wolves in Montana, Gov. Brian Schweitzer has called for entire packs to be killed in the Bitterroot Valley to protect the dwindling elk population there, and has directed Montana...
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...
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