The Alliance Blog
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.
Tidwell Takes Helm at Forest Service
from Wire and Staff Reports Regional supervisor noted for accessibility Tom Tidwell, supervisor of the U.S. Forest Service region that encompasses North Idaho, is the new head of the national agency. Tidwell is a 32-year Forest Service employee and supervised national...
Montana Logging Project Challenged Over Habitat
HELENA, Mont. - Groups that sued the Forest Service to halt a logging project in the Gallatin National Forest in southern Montana have sued again, reasserting the project jeopardizes habitat for elk and sensitive species such as Yellowstone cutthroat trout. The...
Environmental Groups Again Try to Stop Smith Creek Logging
by Brett French of The Gazette Staff, [email protected] or (406) 657-1387 Two environmental groups have sued for a second time to halt a timber sale and prescribed burn on the northwest side of the Crazy Mountains, despite changes made to the original plan to...
Gray Wolf Lawsuits Filed in Montana, Wyoming
by Eve Byron, - Independent Record, (406) 447-4076, [email protected] As promised, a coalition of conservation groups filed a lawsuit in federal court in Missoula Tuesday to try to halt the removal of gray wolves from the list of animals covered by the Endangered...
Advocates Say FWS Must Expand Lynx Habitat
by Rob Chaney of the Misoulian Warmer weather will leave the endangered lynx isolated on islands of high-altitude habitat unless the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service works to expand its critical territory, a group of wildlife advocates argues in court. The Montana-based...
Global Warming Concerns Lead to Challenge of Critical Habitat Designation
contacts Kristina Johnson, (415) 977-5619, [email protected] Michael Garrity, (406) 459-5936, [email protected] Megan Corrigan, (303) 546-0214, [email protected] Endangered lynx will need more room to roam as climate changes, groups...
Climate Concerns Prompt Lawsuit Over Lynx Habitat
by Patrick Reis, Greenwire The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is being sued by a coalition of environmental groups that says recent expansions to the Canada lynx's protected habitat are still insufficient to protect the endangered cat from climate change. The suit is...
Conservation Groups Oppose Logging Plan
by Gazette News Services A logging project planned on more than 1,700 acres on the Custer National Forest's Ashland District is under fire from two conservation groups. The Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council filed a lawsuit Thursday afternoon...
Conservation Groups File Lawsuit in Federal District Court to Stop Clearcutting in Custer National Forest
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Ashland - Two conservation groups, the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council filed a lawsuit yesterday afternoon in Federal District Court in Missoula...
Appeals Court Grants Injunction in Yaak Forest Lawsuit
by The Associated Press HELENA - A federal appeals court panel Monday granted a temporary injunction to halt logging and road-building on the Northeast Yaak Project in the Kootenai National Forest. The project authorized logging of approximately 16.7 million board...
Appeals Court Halts Logging Project Yaak Area
HELENA - A federal appeals court panel Monday granted a temporary injunction to halt logging and road-building on the Northeast Yaak Project in the Kootenai National Forest. The Project authorized logging of approximately 16.7 million board feet of timber from 1,777...
Appeals Court Halts Logging Project in the Yaak Area
by the Associated Press HELENA - A federal appeals court panel Monday granted a temporary injunction to halt logging and road-building on the Northeast Yaak Project in the Kootenai National Forest. The Project authorized logging of approximately 16.7 million board...
Federal Appeals Court Halts Implementation of Logging Project in Grizzly Bear Habitat
contacts Liz Sedler, AWR, (208) 263-5281 Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted a temporary injunction today to halt all logging and road-building activities...
Smith Testifies for Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act
by Brian Smith, Guest Writer Editor's Note: Over the past two years, I've written extensively about Montana's microbrewing industry. Just in case you've ever wondered how beer and the brewing business fit with the travel and outdoor section of NewWest.Net, well, here...
Lawmakers Bicker Over Wilderness Plan
by Matthew Daly, Associated Press Writer House Republicans blasted a wide-reaching wilderness bill Tuesday and ridiculed its most high-profile supporter, singer Carole King. WASHINGTON - House Republicans blasted a wide-reaching wilderness bill Tuesday and ridiculed...
The Return of Citizen King
by Todd Wilkinson After years of pushing Congress to protect a vast swath of her adopted Northern Rockies, Carole King may finally have a more receptive audience "Hi," she said, extending her hand, almost shyly, "my name is Carole." Sixteen springs ago, I went to...
U.S. House of Representatives Announces Hearing on the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act, H.R. 980
contacts Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Gary Macfarlane, President,Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (208) 882-9755 Washington, D.C. - The U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee announced today that...
The Grassroots of NREPA
Committee on Natural Resources, U.S. House of Representatives 1324 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 April 16, 2009 Dear Representative Rahall and Representative Grijalva: H.R. 980, the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Act (NREPA) was originally...
Interior Secretary Salazar Finalizes Wolf Delisting; Conservation Groups will Challenge the Removal of Essential Federal
contacts Jenny Harbine, Earthjustice, (406) 586-9699 Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Washington, D.C. - An advance copy of the Federal Register - released today - contains a final version of the federal government's...
Federal Agency won’t Defend Bush’s Bull Trout Cuts
PORTLAND - The Obama administration won't defend the Bush administration's cuts to habitat protections for the threatened bull trout, whose need for cold, clean water can stand in the way of logging and mining on national forests. Conservation groups had sued to...
USFWS to take Another Look at Critical Habitat for Bull Trout in Columbia Basin
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it will rework its September 2005 critical habitat designation for threatened Columbia and Klamath river bull trout stocks. A lawsuit challenging the legality of the designation was filed in U.S. District Court in Portland in...
Groups Plan to Sue Interior Over Lynx
by Eve Byron Nine environmental groups notified the Department of the Interior Friday that they plan to file a lawsuit over the most recent designation of critical habitat for Canada lynx. Generally speaking, the groups don't believe that enough land was included in...
Interior Secretary Salazar Announces Wolf Delisting; Conservation Groups Will Challenge The Removal of Essential Federal Protects
contacts Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Jenny Harbine, Earthjustice, (406) 586-9699 Suzanne Asha Stone, Defenders of Wildlife, (208) 861-4655 Louisa Willcox, Natural Resources Defense Council, (406) 222-9561 Melanie...
Forest Service Withdraws Timber Sale after Conservation Groups File Lawsuit in Federal District Court
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 The Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest withdrew the Barton Springs Timber sale on February 25, 2008 after two conservation groups, the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native...
Here are four ways you can take action.
Let your voice be heard. Choose an action and do it now!
DONATE
Support AWR’s ongoing work to protect the Northern Rockies ecosystem so there is something left to protect when our NREPA bill finally becomes law.
CONTACT SENATE
Help get our NREPA bill sponsored in the Senate. Its easy to find your State Senators and send our pre-written message, or you can create your own.
CONTACT HOUSE
Help get NREPA sponsored in the House. Its easy to find your Representatives and send our pre-written message, or you can create your own.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or need support with using our website here’s how you can get in touch.
Main office: 406-410-3373
Email: [email protected]
USPS: Alliance for the Wild Rockies
P.O. Box 505 Helena, MT 59624
Executive Director: Mike Garrity
Join Our Facebook Community
Get Updates
30 Years Of Service
