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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.
Agencies New Plan for Grizzlies a “Dead-end Road to Extinction”
contacts Michael Garrity, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Mike Bader, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 721-4835 Dan Rohlf, Pacific Environmental Advocacy Center, (503) 768-6707 Marc Fink, Western Environmental Law Center, (208) 342-2216 Conservation...
Logging the Last of the Old Growth
by Paul Richards Queen City News, Helena, Montana Great-Grandmother stood tall when I recently visited her home above Unionville. She's still stunted from that lightning strike about 100 years ago, but her beauty remains undaunted. She's around 350 years of age, with...
Conservation Groups Challenge Government for Eliminating Bull Trout Critical Habitat
contact Michael Garrity, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Arlene Montgomery, Friends of the Wild Swan, (406) 886-2011 MISSOULA—The groups who successfully sued to have the bull trout listed under the Endangered Species Act today filed a 60-day notice of...
Appeals Court Temporarily Halts Gallatin Timber Sale
by Associated Press HELENA - A federal appeals court has temporarily halted a timber sale in the Gallatin National Forest that environmentalists claim would damage wildlife habitat near Yellowstone National Park, an attorney said Sunday. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of...
Jarbidge River Proposed as Critical Habitat for Bull Trout
by Sandra Chereb, Associated Press Writer RENO, Nev. (AP) — The Jarbidge River - home to the southernmost population of bull trout and a source of contention between the federal government and citizen activists - would be declared critical habitat for the threatened...
Targhee National Forest’s Revised Forest Plan Threatens Yellowstone Grizzly Bears and Other Wildlife
contacts Dr. Sara Jane Johnson, Native Ecosystems Council, (406) 285-3611 Michael Garrity, The Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Jeff Juel, The Ecology Center, (406) 728-2320 Conservation Groups File suit challenging illegal Forest Plan for Targhee...
Settlement Reached in Rock Creek Logging Lawsuit
contact Michael Garrity, The Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 The Alliance for the Wild Rockies and the Ecology Center announced today that they have reached a settlement with the Forest Service on the proposed Rock Creek Timber Sale. Michael Garrity,...
Environmental groups say more forest roads need to be closed to protect grizzlies
Associated Press MISSOULA (AP) - Seven environmental groups filed an administrative appeal Monday, saying a Forest Service plan doesn't close enough roads to help protect grizzly bears in the Lolo, Kootenai and Idaho Panhandle national forests. Grizzly bear...
Conservation Groups Release Government’s Censored Cost-Benefit Analysis of Bull Trout Critical Habitat
contacts Michael Garrity, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Steve Kelly, Friends of the Wild Swan, (406) 586-0180 The Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Friends of the Wild Swan demanded the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service release the full cost-benefit...
Conservation Groups Seek Protection for Goshawk in Northern Rockies
contacts Noah Greenwald, Center for Biological Diversity, (503) 243-6643 Michael Garrity, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Groups Petition Forest Service to Protect Northern Goshawk Habitat The Center for Biological Diversity, Alliance for the Wild...
$1 Million Logging Proposal Threatens Rock Creek Fishery and Adjacent Roadless Areas
contact Michael Garrity, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Steve Gilbert (406) 443-0671 Damon Cox (406) 327-9320 Jeff Juel, The Ecology Center, (406) 728-5733 (HELENA) A U.S. Forest Service proposal to spend over a million dollars logging portions of three...
Grazing Proposal Contested
by Perry Backus, The Montana Standard - 01/30/2004 ENNIS - Three environmental groups have taken the Forest Service to task over its proposed update of grazing allotments in the southern portion of the Gravelly Range, in southwest Montana. But a local rancher says the...
Lynx Protection could Restrict Trails for Snowmobiling
by James Hagengruber Spokesman Review January 24, 2004 Only one or two Canada lynx are believed to still roam the mountains of North Idaho. The Forest Service hopes to protect these elusive cats, and others in the region's high-elevation forests, by limiting the...
Conservation Groups Win Appeal Stopping Money Losing Windmill Timber Sale in Occupied Grizzly Bear Habitat
contacts The Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Michael Garrity, (406) 459-5936 Native Ecosystems Council, Sara Johnson, (406) 285-3611 The Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Native Ecosystems Council and The Ecology Center announced today that they won their appeal stopping...
Reps Christopher Shays and Carolyn Maloney Reintroduce NREPA with Artist/Activist Carole King and Singer/Songwriter James Taylor
contact Betsy Hawkings, Congressman Shays, (202) 225-5541 Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act Co-Sponsored by Over 100 WASHINGTON – Lead sponsors Representatives Christopher Shays (R-CT) and Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), were joined today by singer/songwriter and...
Forest’s Timber Sale Stalled on Impact on Grizzlies
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) - A timber sale in the Kootenai National Forest on the Idaho border has been delayed as officials consider its impact on grizzly bears. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has withdrawn its approval for the White Pine timber sale, pressured by a...
Plan Calls for Logging in Lincoln Burn Area
by Sonja Lee Great Falls Tribune Helena National Forest officials would like to harvest 20 million to 25 million board feet of commercial timber from an area that burned in the Snow Talon Fire near Lincoln. The August fire charred about 37,700 acres, and the Forest...
Ninth Circuit Denies Lolo Project
by Sherry Devlin, the Missoulian The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has slapped down the Lolo National Forest's plan for logging in areas burned during the 2000 wildfire season, saying the Forest Service did not take "the necessary hard look" at the effects of...
Conservation Groups Appeal Money Losing Windmill Timber Sale in Occupied Grizzly Bear Habitat
contacts Michael Garrity, The Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Sara Johnson, Native Ecosystems Council, (406) 285-3611 The Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Native Ecosystems Council and The Ecology Center announced today that they appealed the Windmill...
Greens Appeal Timber Sale, Say it is Awash in Red Ink
by Scott McMillion, [email protected] LIVINGSTON — Environmental groups have appealed the Windmill timber sale in the Mill Creek Drainage south of here, pointing out the U.S. Forest Service says it could lose $376,000 on the sale. The sale was originally...
Group pushes for promised habitat for grizzlies—Kootenai forest official responds they’re making a good-faith effort
by Sherry Devlin, The Missoulian Environmentalists have asked U.S. District Judge Don Molloy to force the Forest Service to make good on its promise to provide more habitat protection for grizzly bears in the Cabinet-Yaak and Selkirk mountains. In a motion filed with...
Forest Service Faces Lawsuit over Roads Critics say it’s Breaking Promise to Remove Routes to Save Grizzlies
from staff and wire reports MISSOULA — Conservationists are accusing the Forest Service of dragging its feet on a legal promise to start removing forest roads to help save endangered grizzly bears in the Idaho Panhandle and northwestern Montana. "We thought we had a...
Groups Sue Forest Service Over Big Hole Fire Proposal
by Perry Backus, The Montana Standard DILLON — The Forest Service and two environmental groups evidently don't see eye to eye on a proposal to work on portions of the Mussigbrod and Middle Fork fires that burned in 2000. And now it's going to be up to a federal judge...
Judge Halts Salvage and Restoration Work in Lolo National Forest
by Molly Villamana, Greenwire reporter Roughly 35 million board feet of timber slated for harvest in Montana's Lolo National Forest will remain standing unless state regulators establish water quality standards for rivers and streams affected by the logging and other...
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