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Court: Forest Service Needs Grizzly Rule
by Rob Chaney of the Missoulian The Forest Service made a wrong decision on protecting grizzly bears in the Flathead National Forest because it didn't have a rule to make the decision with, according to the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. The case grew out of...
Forest Service Settles Timber Suit
by The Associated Press Boise, Idaho - The U.S. Forest Service settled a lawsuit by environmentalists fighting a proposed timber sale near the central Idaho town of Salmon by agreeing to scale back logging that was meant to reduce fuels. In May, the Alliance for the...
FS Settles with Enviro Group in Idaho Timber Suit
by John Miller The U.S. Forest Service settled a lawsuit filed by environmentalists fighting a central Idaho timber sale by agreeing to scale back logging that was meant to reduce fuels near the town of Salmon. In May, the Missoula, Montana-based Alliance for the Wild...
Conservation Group Reaches Settlement with Forest Service in Salmon National Forest Lawsuit
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Salmon, Idaho - The Alliance for the Wild Rockies announced today that they reached a settlement with the U.S. Forest Service in regards to their lawsuit against the Salmon...
Justice Department Informed Federal District Judge that they are Reconsidering their Position in the Bull Trout Critical Habitat Decision
contacts Arlene Montgomery, Friends of the Wild Swan, (406) 886-2011 Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 The U.S. Justice Department informed the Federal District Court in Portland, Oregon on 12/22/08 that they are...
Targhee National Forest Withdraws Sagebrush Prescribed Burning Project after Conservation Groups File Lawsuit
Dubois, ID - The Targhee National Forest withdrew the Berry Creek Prescribed Burn project on December 9, 2008 in response to a lawsuit filed by two conservation groups, the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council. The conservation groups filed a...
Conservation Groups File Lawsuit in Federal District Court to Stop Logging of Owl Habitat
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Two conservation groups, the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council filed a lawsuit this morning in Federal District Court in Missoula against the U.S....
Conservation Organization Files Lawsuit to Stop Herbicide Spraying of 94,000 acres in Kootenai National Forest
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5946 A lawsuit was filed by the Alliance for the Wild Rockies in Federal District Court in Missoula yesterday challenging the Forest Service's April 20, 2007 decision to go forward...
Sportsman and Conservationists Strive to Preserve Critical Wildlife Corridor and Habitat on the Continental Divide for Elk, Moose, Lynx, Wolverine, Grizzly Bears, and Wolves
contacts Gayle Joslin & Jim Posewitz , Helena Hunters and Anglers Association, (406) 449-2795 Michael Garrity, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 April E. Johnston, Conservation Director, American Wildlands, (406) 586-8175 x106 Sarah K. McMillan, Western...
Wildlife, management concerns prompt lawsuit over Montana timber sale
AWR & Native Ecosystems Council file suit over Lewis & Clark NF timber sale ERYN GABLE, special to Land Letter - October 30, 2008 - Environmental groups are challenging a federal timber sale planned for Montana's Little Belt Mountains, saying the logging would harm...
Groups file over timber sale
by Karl Puckett, Tribune Staff Writer Two environmental groups have sued the U.S. Forest Service over a 345-acre timber sale in the Lewis and Clark National Forest, charging the logging project will harm elk and goshawk habitat. "It will have to go through litigation...
Conservation Groups file lawsuit in Federal District Court to stop logging of elk habitat in Little Belt Mountains
MISSOULA, MONTANA - October 23, 2008 - Two conservation groups, the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council, filed a lawsuit yesterday afternoon in Federal District Court in Missoula against the U.S. Forest Service and Regional Forester Tom Tidwell...
Birch Creek Controlled Burning Project Scrapped
by Nick Gevocks Federal land managers have pulled a controlled burning project on more than 900 acres of sagebrush and grassland near the mouth of Birch Creek after environmentalists sued to halt the burn. Tom Osen, Dillon district ranger for the Beaverhead-Deerlodge...
Ranger Drops Plan for Prescribed Burn Near Dillon
by Katie Oyan of the Associated Press HELENA - Dillon District Ranger Tom Osen has withdrawn his decision to implement a prescribed burn in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, citing a ruling by a federal appeals court. The Birch Creek project involved burning...
Forest Service Withdraws Plans to Clearcut Near Butte After Conservation Groups file lawsuit in Federal District Court
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 On July 7, 2008, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest Supervisor withdraw his August 29, 2007 Decision Memo on the Price-Powder Salvage project after the Alliance for the Wild...
Federal Judge Rules in Conservation Groups Favor on Issue of Helicopter Logging in Grizzly Bear Habitat
contacts Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Liz Sedler, Alliance for the Wild Rockies (208) 263-5281 Missoula - Federal District Court Judge Molloy ruled on July 30, 2008 in a challenge by the Alliance for the Wild...
Plum Creek’s Top Officials Detail Intentions in State
by John Cramer Plum Creek Timber Co. has gotten both a black eye and a pat on the back in recent weeks, both having to do with the specter of big chunks of its forestland being chopped up for subdivisions and trophy homes in western Montana. Now, the logging and real...
Judge Restores Wolf Protections
by Eve Byron Gray wolves once again are under the protection of the Endangered Species Act, after federal court Judge Donald Molloy ruled late Friday that state management plans in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming will irreparably harm the species' reintroduction. In...
Conservation Groups File Lawsuit in Federal District Court to Stop Logging of Old Growth Forest in the Crazy Mountains
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Two conservation groups, the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council and a local resident, Sharon Hapner, filed a lawsuit yesterday afternoon in Federal...
Montana Standard
by The Standard News Service Helena - A federal timber sale in the Mount Fleecer area southwest of Butte should be stopped because it would violate a Forest Service plan for wildlife and trees, environmental groups say in a lawsuit against the agency and its regional...
Conservation Groups File Lawsuit in Federal District Court to Stop Clearcutting in the Fleecer Mountains
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Two conservation groups, the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council filed a lawsuit yesterday afternoon in Federal District Court in Missoula against the...
Groups Challenging Montana Timber Sale File Suit
by The Associated Press Helena - A federal timber sale in southwestern Montana should be stopped because it would violate a Forest Service plan for wildlife and trees, environmental groups say in a lawsuit against the agency and its regional forester, Tom Tidwell. The...
Conservation Groups File Lawsuit in Federal District Court to Stop Illegal Logging in the Crazy Mountains
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Two conservation groups, the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council and a local resident, Sharon Hapner, filed a lawsuit Friday afternoon in Federal...
Eleven Conservation Groups Challenge Federal Wolf Delisting
Earthjustice notifies the US Fish and Wildlife Service that it violated the ESA WASHINGTON, DC - February 27 - Eleven conservation groups are fighting to protect wolves in the northern Rockies. The groups notified the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today that it...
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