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Conservation Group Files Suit Against the U.S. Forest Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Prevent Logging of Core Grizzly in the Selkirk Grizzly Bear Recovery Area in Federal District Court in Spokane on July 3, 2006
contacts Michael Garrity, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Liz Sedler, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (208) 263-5281 SPOKANE— A conservation group turned to the federal courts to protect critically endangered grizzly bears in the Selkirk Mountains in...
Ruling Squashes Logging Plan
by Christy Karras The Salt Lake Tribune Conservation groups won a battle against logging in Dixie National Forest with a court decision that halts a planned clear-cut on the Aquarius Plateau near Escalante. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that the...
AWR Files Lawsuit Against USDA, USDI, and USFWS Selkirk Mountains Timber Sale Adversely Affecting Core Grizzly Bear Habitat
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The Ecology Center and The Aquarius Escalante Foundation File Lawsuit Against Griffin Springs Resources Management Project, Dixie National Forest, Utah
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Conservation Groups file lawsuit in Federal District Court to stop logging in the Main Boulder River Wilderness Corridor
contacts Michael Garrity, (406) 459-5936 Dr. Sara Johnson, (406) 285-3611 Two conservation groups, the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council filed a lawsuit today in Federal District Court in Missoula against the U.S Forest Service and Regional...
AWR and Native Ecosystems Council Challenge USFS and USFWS Main Boulder Fuels Reduction Project
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IDFG Proposal to Lethally Remove Wolves from the North Fork of the Clearwater and Lochsa Drainages
February 16, 2006 From: Liz Sedler, Sandpoint, ID 83864 To: Idaho Fish and Game, PO Box 25, Boise, ID 83707 RE: IDFG Proposal to lethally remove wolves from the North Fork of the Clearwater and Lochsa drainages Dear Sirs, Please enter these comments, submitted on...
Bond Requirement for Appeals – AWR OpEd
by Michael Garrity The Missoulian's first editorial of the year supported first amendment rights for a few but not for all Americans. The Missoulian claims that the Forest Service is right to ask for a $100,000 bond for the purpose of preventing citizens from...
Groups file a Second Lawsuit over Bull Trout Habitat
by Perry Backus of the Missoulian The two Montana-based environmental groups that forced the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to designate critical habitat for bull trout now say the agency didn't go far enough. Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Friends of the Wild Swan...
Plans to De-list Yellowstone Grizzlies Announced
by Mike Bader Federal officials with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) have announced plans to remove grizzly bears in the Yellowstone National Park region from the list of federally protected species under the Endangered Species Act. More commonly known as...
AWR and Friends of the Wild Swan Filed Lawsuit Against U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and the Department of Interior, Challenging Habitat Designations for the Threatened Bull Trout in it’s 5-State Range
contacts Michael Garrity, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Arlene Montgomery, Friends of the Wild Swan, (406) 886-2011 Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Friends of the Wild Swan conservation organizations filed a formal lawsuit against the U.S. Fish &...
Bull Trout Complaint, U.S. District Court, Portland Division
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Timber Industry Hails Bond Requirement Decision
by Eric Barker Lewiston Tribune The timber industry is hailing a federal judge's decision to require a coalition of environmental groups to risk losing money if their effort to stop a logging project in Montana is determined to be without merit. But environmental...
Judge Halts Two Targhee Forest Timber Sales
by The Associated Press BOISE — A federal judge has stopped two timber sales in eastern Idaho's Targhee National Forest after determining the Forest Service doctored data to show the area had more old growth trees than may actually be standing in the region just west...
Native Ecosystems Council, The Ecology Center, and The Alliance for the Wild Rockies File Lawsuit Against Caribou-Targhee National Forest Over Flawed Revised Forest Plan
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2005 Wild Rockies Rendezvous
2005 Wild Rockies Rendezvous September 23 to 25, 2005 Wilderness Gateway Campground on the Clearwater National Forest You are invited to attend a weekend of events including workshops, roundtable discussions, hiking and live music. A coalition of environmental groups...
Snow Talon Timber Sale Reduced
by Eve Byron Helena Independent Record - 08/31/05 A project to log 26 million board feet of timber burned on 2,700 acres in the 2003 Snow Talon fire will be cut back after no one bid on the initial proposal. That lack of bidders is causing the Lincoln Ranger District...
Judge Rebuffs Rock Creek Mine Approval
by Michael Jamison, the Missoulian KALISPELL - A controversial plan to mine beneath the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness was pulled off the table Wednesday, with a court ruling that federal wildlife officials put grizzly bears and bull trout at risk when they approved the...
Judge Nixes Cabinet Mountains Copper and Silver Mine
by Susan Gallagher - Associated Press Writer - 03/31/05 HELENA—A proposed copper and silver mine challenged by environmental groups — and by jeweler Tiffany & Co. — has been sidelined by a judge who found federal officials gave approval without adequately...
Conservation Groups Challenge U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service AWR Permit for Copper and Silver Mine in Sanders County, Montana
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Weeds vs. Native Plants: Some Recent Literature
by Tony Tweedale Everyone acknowledges that invasive plants ("weeds") can harm native ecosystems. But land stewards as the USFS, and BLM seem to see only the invasives, and disregard a crucial variable: something has to change for an invasive to become established in...
Bull Trout Still Threatened Says New Report
contacts Michael Garrity, (406) 459-5936 Mike Bader, (406) 721-4835 Arlene Montgomery, (406) 886-2011 Jack R. Tuholske, (406) 721-6986 Threats Remain, Elimination of Critical Habitat a Serious Blow to Recovery MISSOULA—A new report recently submitted to the U.S. Fish...
Bull Trout Still Threatened Says New Report; Threats Remain, Elimination of Critical Habitat a Serious Blow to Recovery
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Groups Sue Government for Illegally Cutting Bull Trout Habitat
contacts Michael Garrity, (406) 459-5936 Mike Bader, (406) 721-4835 Jack Tuholske, (406) 721-6986 MISSOULA—The Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Friends of the Wild Swan conservation organizations filed suit today in Federal Court in Portland, Oregon challenging the...
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