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Forest Lawsuits High in Region
by Nick Gevock Montana groups top in nation for fighting wildfire reduction projects Only one out of 50 U.S. Forest Service projects to reduce wildfire risk gets challenged in court nationwide, but in the region including Montana environmental groups sue at the...
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Rules in Favor of Conservation Groups on Forest Service Grazing Allotment Decision in Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Seattle - The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of three conservation groups yesterday in their lawsuit against the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest Antelope...
Guest Opinion: Tester’s Bill Threatens Future of Public Forests
by Steve Kelly What makes Sen. Jon Tester's Forest Jobs and Recreation Act (S1470) so contentious? Its stated purpose: "To sustain the economic development and recreational use of National Forest System land and other public land in the state of Montana, to add...
Forest Revamps Anti-fire Project
by Brett French of The Gazette Staff Critics of Ashland-area plan fear it would damage game habitat A fuel reduction project northeast of Ashland that was pulled last year after a threatened lawsuit has been repackaged with another one for public review, but it still...
Former MWA Chiefs Blast Tester Bill
by Eve Byron, Independent Record Sixteen former council members of the Montana Wilderness Association - including four past presidents - publicly denounced Sen. Jon Tester's Forest Jobs and Recreation Act on Wednesday, adding that MWA has compromised its mission by...
Tester’s Bill Causing Major Rift Among Wilderness Advocates
by Bill Schneider UPDATED, 10 am, 2-18-10: After seeing this article, two more former MWA council members, Susan Colvin and Dan Heinz (past vice-president) have joined the list and signed the letter opposing Tester's bill, bringing the total to 18. Anybody who has...
Battle for Bull Trout
by George Ochenski, political analyst for the Independent How environmental advocates beat political perfidy Many years ago, while snorkeling the North Fork of the Flathead River, I slipped into a large eddy behind a fallen tree to rest and watch the incredibly clear...
Feds Propose Expanding Bush’s Bull Trout Habitat
by Jeff Barnard AP Environmental Writer Fish and Wildlife proposes another reversal of Bush policy, this time on bull trout habitat In another reversal of Bush administration Endangered Species Act policy, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants to more than...
Feds Propose Expanding Bull Trout Habitat in Montana, Northwest
by Rob Chaney of the Missoulian Threatened bull trout have won a huge increase in the amount of critical habitat that now qualifies for federal oversight. On Wednesday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reversed Bush administration policy and published new rules to...
Feds Propose Expanding Bush’s Bull Trout Habitat
by Jeff Barnard, Ap Environmental Writer GRANTS PASS, Ore. — In another reversal of Bush administration Endangered Species Act policy, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants to more than quadruple habitat protections for the bull trout, a fish that has been harmed...
White House Seeks to Sharply Expand the Bull Trout’s Protections in Oregon and West
by Matthew Preusch, The Oregonian In a sharp course change from current federal policy, the Obama administration said Wednesday it wants far more of Oregon and four other western states set aside to protect a native, wide-ranging fish called the bull trout. It would...
Huge areas of Northwest to be Earmarked for Bull Trout
by Kim Murphy, Los Angeles Times In a major reversal of Bush administration policy, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to designate more than 22,600 miles of streams in the northwestern U.S. as critical habitat for the bull trout, a signature fish of the...
Bull Trout Critical Habitat
contacts Arlene Montgomery, Friends of the Wild Swan, (406) 886-2011 Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Environmental groups Alliance for the Wild Rockies Friends and Friends of the Wild Swan welcomed the U.S. Fish and...
Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests United States Senate Washington D.C.
My name is Michael Garrity and I am the Executive Director of the Alliance for the Wild Rockies. The Alliance for the Wild Rockies is a Helena, MT based conservation organization with over 2000 members. Our mission is to protect wildlife habitat in the Northern...
Tester Plan for Wilderness, Logging Roils Big Sky Country
by Noelle Straub, E&E reporter Trying to satisfy everyone from wilderness advocates to timber companies, Sen. Jon Tester has proposed a new model for managing national forests. The Democrat's controversial proposal, which he has dubbed the "Forest Jobs and Recreation...
Bull Trout, Loggers, Goshawks Benefit in Lolo National Forest Timber Sale Settlement
by Rob Chaney of the Missoulian Bull trout, loggers and goshawks all won in an appeal settlement on the Butte Lookout timber sale. While the logging plan was reduced by almost half its acreage, representatives of both the Lolo National Forest and appellant Alliance...
Wolf Hunt
Editorial Not everyone was happy when the gray wolf population in the Northern Rockies, near extinction in the mid-1970's, staged a remarkable comeback under the protections of the Endangered Species Act. By the end of last year there were about 1,650 in Montana,...
National Parks Seek to Share of Profitable Science
by Mead Gruver (AP) CHEYENNE, Wyo. - A soon-to-be-implemented policy for scientists who are permitted to conduct research in national parks will give the National Park Service a share of any profits from their work. The policy is expected to go into effect early next...
Ecologist Questions Logging as a Response to Beetles
by Eve Byron, Independent Record Author and ecologist George Weurthner told a full house at the University of Montana-Helena Thursday night that if they're going to do anything about the pine beetle epidemic in the mountains around the city, that they should probably...
Group Sues over Kootenai Forest Road-building Effect on Grizzlies
by Rob Chaney of the Missoulian Logging plans in the Kootenai National Forest have been challenged by an environmental group that argues new road-building will ruin chances for grizzly bear survival. "The grizzly numbers there continue to decline every year," Alliance...
Grizzly Bear Defenders Fight Logging Projects
by Anne Henderson MISSOULA, Mont. (CN) - Environmentalists say the U.S. Forest Service is paving the way to grizzly bear deaths by opening one of America's five remaining grizzly bear habitats to road construction and logging. The Alliance for the Wild Rockies says...
Conservation Organization Files Lawsuit to Stop Logging in Grizzly Bear Habitat in the Kootenai National Forest
contacts Liz Sedler, AWR, (208) 263-5281 Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 A lawsuit was filed by the Alliance for the Wild Rockies in Federal District Court in Missoula on Monday challenging the U.S. Forest Service's...
Wolf Season Closes Prior to Quota Being Met
by Eve Byron, Independent Record Montana's inaugural wolf season ended Monday after the state came close to the predetermined 75-wolf quota. As of Monday, hunters had reported shooting 72 wolves, mainly in the western half of the state, in the first-ever...
Protect the Park; Cartwright Pitches Wilderness Designation for Glacier
by George Ochenski One of Montana's greatest assets is Glacier National Park, where the sheer beauty of the majestic landscape overwhelms visitors with stunning vistas of waterfalls, aquamarine lakes, hanging glaciers on towering peaks and abundant wildlife. Most of...
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