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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 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has withdrawn its approval for the White Pine timber sale, pressured by a...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, scottm@dailychronicle.com 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...
Judge Stops Illegal Lolo National Forest Logging
contacts Michael Garrity, (406) 459-5936 Bob Clark (406) 549-1142 Eric Huber (303) 449-5595 MISSOULA Judge Molloy rules that the Forest Service must protect water quality and stops Lolo Post Burn logging project. Federal District Judge Donald Molloy ruled in a...
Appeals Filed Against Local Forest Plan
by Eve Byron, Independent Record Staff Writer Seven appeals have been filed in opposition to a Helena National Forest management plan for the Clancy/Unionville area south of town. Five of the appeals came from motorized vehicle proponents, who mainly claim that the...
FWS Withdraws Approval of White Pine Timber Sale in Vital Grizzly Bear Habitat; AWR Likely to Settle Lawsuit
MISSOULA—In a letter to the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it was withdrawing its decision to give a green light to the White Pine timber sale on the Kootenai National Forest. The Forest Service must now initiate "formal...
Conservation Groups Stop Illegal Forest Service Plans to Clearcut Upper Bighole
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, The Ecology Center and Native Ecosystems Council announced today that the Forest Service withdrew...
Group Takes Legal Action Against Timber Sale in Grizzly Bear Linkage Corridor
contacts Michael Garrity, (406) 459-5936, (406) 721-5420 Dan Rohlf, (503) 768-6707 MISSOULA—A Montana-based conservation organization has filed a notice to sue the U.S. Forest Service for violations of the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA). In a related action, the...
First the Cut, Now the Run
by Arlene Montgomery, Friends of the Wild Swan Plum Creek Timber Company announced that it has plans to sell 20,000 acres in the Swan Valley. While it has indicated that it would sell 10,000 acres in grizzly bear linkage zones to the federal government it has yet to...
Groups File Suit to Protect Bull Trout Habitat
by Sherry Devlin, the Missoulian Attorney says government has not followed guidelines in the Endangered Species Act Two environmental groups that pushed — for seven years — for the federal government to protect bull trout as a threatened species filed suit Monday to...
Report: Grazing is Costing Taxpayers
by Paul Rogers, San Jose Mercury News American taxpayers lose at least $128 million a year — and potentially up to $1 billion — subsidizing cattle grazing on millions of acres of public lands across the West, according to a new study commissioned by conservation...
Summer Field Trips, 2002
Western Montana/Northern Idaho Area Hikes Protect Roadless Areas July 27 Bob Clark with the Great Burn Study Group takes us into the Great Burn proposed wilderness area near Granite Peak to monitor for illegal off-road vehicle activity. The Great Burn is one of the...
The North American Wilderness Conference, May 3–5, 2002
Save This Date For Wilderness! The North American Wilderness Conference, May 3-5, 2002 The North American Wilderness Conference 2002 will be held in Seattle, Washington at The Mountaineers Building. Preserving North American wild land and waters in the United States,...
Wilderness Steward: Darby Resident Receives Wilderness Society’s Highest Award
Alliance for the Wild Rockies advisory board member, Stewart Brandborg, received the Wilderness Society's highest honor, the Robert Marshall Award. AWR congratulates Stewart on this excellent achievement. To learn more about Stewart and the Society's award, please...
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