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David Brower
"Going someplace used to be fun, now you can't find parking." —David Brower David R. Brower, recognized around the globe for his pioneering leadership in protecting the environment and wild places of the Earth, died on Sunday afternoon, November 5, at his home in...
Written Comments on Bitterroot Griz Plan Overwhelmingly Favor Threatened Status for Grizzlies
A preliminary analysis of the written comment record submitted on the proposal to reintroduce grizzly bears to the Bitterroot Mountains-obtained following a lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act-shows a strong majority favor full threatened species status for...
Nature’s Next Crisis: Islandization
by Todd Wilkinson, special to The Christian Science Monitor With habitat becoming fragmented, activists call for networks of interconnected parks. A century ago, as the nation looked back across an expanse of Western land that Thomas Jefferson said would take...
Conservationists Sue on Behalf of Cabinet-Yaak, Selkirk Grizzly Bears
contacts Mike Bader, (406) 721-5420 Marc Fink, Peter Frost (541) 485-2471 MISSOULA—Attorneys for the conservation group Alliance for the Wild Rockies today filed a 40-page legal document with the Federal District Court in Missoula alleging the Kootenai and Idaho...
A Grizzly Tale? There are Bears in these Woods — Black Bears, but Chuck Jonkel is Stalking Bigger Prey Nobody has seen for Years
Great Grizzly Search hits National media, Wall Street Journal article follows: by Jim Carlton Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal CLEARWATER CROSSING, Mont. — If you want to find grizzly bears, you need to get into a grizzly state of mind, which is why Chuck...
Initiative Supporters say Benefits being Ignored by Industry
by Sherry Devlin, the Missoulian Time to speak out Science and economics are "overwhelming" in their endorsement of aroadbuilding ban in roadless areas of the national forests, conservationists said Tuesday. But the facts are being misrepresented by "carnival barkers...
Expert says More Space needed for Grizzlies
by Sherry Devlin of the Missoulian 'The Fish and Wildlife Service's current plan just won't lead to recovery of bears over the long term.' — Mike Bader, executive director Missoula's Alliance for the Wild Rockies The federal government needs a "much bigger and bolder"...
Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act Hits Century Mark Momentum Builds for Ecosystem Protection
contacts Mike Bader, (406) 721-5420, awr@wildrockiesalliance.org Kelly O'Neal, (202) 429-2602, koneal@igc.org MISSOULA—The Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act (NREPA), H.R. 488, has obtained it's 100th congressional sponsor in the U.S. House of Representatives....
Canada Lynx Listed as Threatened Species
According to a news release dated March 21, 2000, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service announced that the Canada lynx has been listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act within the contiguous United States. A species is listed as threatened when it is...
Roadless Plan: Keep Discussions Civil Over Controversial Conservation
by Mike Bader Missoulian Guest Editorial "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel." These words admonish us to beware those who wrap themselves in the flag while actively working to undermine the most treasured values and ideals it represents. "To defend the...
Groups Secure Important Victory for Public Process and the Clark Fork River
Alliance for the Wild Rockies Friends of the Wild Swan Clark Fork Coalition For Immediate Release November 18, 1999 contact Mike Bader, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 721-5420 Steve Kelly, Friends of the Wild Swan, (406) 582-0998 Tracy Stone-Manning, Clark Fork...
Groups Secure Important Victory for Public Process and the Clark Fork River
contacts Mike Bader, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 721-5420 Steve Kelly, Friends of the Wild Swan, (406) 582-0998 Tracy Stone-Manning, Clark Fork Coalition, (406) 542-0539 MISSOULA—Three conservation organizations who secured a temporary restraining order (TRO)...
Groups Sue FWS to gain Endangered Status for Cutthroat
LIVINGSTON (AP) — Three conservation groups said Friday they have filed suit in a Washington, D.C., federal court to force the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list the Yellowstone cutthroat trout as an endangered species. The agency failed to respond within the...
U.S. puts Region’s Bull Trout on Endangered List
By Jonathan Brinckman, The Oregonian staff A five-year legal battle by conservationists forces the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to act The federal government Thursday added Puget Sound bull trout to the endangered species list, an action that extends federal...
Judge halts trench across Clark Fork River
by Sherry Devlin, the Missoulian Lawsuit stops work on pipeline replacement Arguing that there was too little environmental review or public notice, environmentalists won a court order on Friday stopping the Yellowstone Pipe Line Co. from excavating a 6-foot-deep...
New Law Review Article Details the Efforts to Prevent Bull Trout Listing
A new law review article details the pattern of delay used by the US Fish & Wildlife Service and the Department of the Interior in an attempt to prevent a listing of the bull trout. Listing the Bull Trout Under the Endangered Species Act: The Passive-Aggressive...
It’s not easy Being Green
by Sherry Devlin, the Missoulian Republican says her party is off base on environment Martha Marks is a Republican and an environmentalist, and she doesn't understand why the Grand Old Party isn't greener. Or why people keep asking her when she's going to become a...
Forest Service Pulls Out of Timber Sale after Decision Appealed
AWR Release Last June, District Ranger Dave Campbell authorized a large scale project in the Nez Perce Fork drainage on the Bitterroot National Forest in Montana. This decision affected a project area of 92,000 acres, and would have allowed logging within the...
Poll Shows Westerners want more Wilderness
The Associated Press Most people living in the West believe not enough national forest land has been designated as wilderness, according to a poll commissioned by three conservation organizations. The poll, conducted by the Mellman Group Inc. and released Tuesday,...
NREPA Lobby Week, March 13–17
The Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act (NREPA), H.R. 488, has experienced a swelling of support recently as activists from around the country converged on Washington, D.C. for a week long lobby effort sponsored by AWR, The Sierra Club, and Idaho Conservation...
Bi-Partisan Coalition Introduces the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act
AWR Release Bi-partisan coalition introduces the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act Washington, D.C. — U.S. Representatives Christopher Shays (R-CT) and Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) led a bi-partisan coalition of House members today in introducing The Northern...
NREPA: Ecology Meets Politics in the Northern Rockies
by Mike Bader Wild Earth Magazine Winter 1998-99 Wilderness Revival—Campaigns The Northern Rockies region of the US – a land of great beauty and diversity – contains virtually the entire native biota that existed at the time of the Lewis and Clark Expedition....
Bull Trout Victory!
The bull trout has finally been listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act! This is a major victory for watershed protection and restoration, native species, and conservation biology. This action, announced by Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt on...
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