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AWR Files Lawsuit: East Reservoir Project
A lawsuit was filed by the Alliance for the Wild Rockies in federal court Monday challenging the U.S. Forest Service’s decision to authorize a large logging, burning, and road-building project in rare habitat for threatened lynx and grizzly bears on public lands in...
Carole King Sings Praises of Northern Rockies Plan
by Dylan Brown, E&E reporter From E&E News PM Singer-songwriter Carole King made the rounds in Washington, D.C., today promoting legislation that would designate as wilderness 23 million acres in the Rocky Mountains. A resident of Sun Valley, Idaho, King has made the...
USFS “Legacy Lands”
Judge Clarifies USFS must Analyze New Acres before Logging in Swan Federal Court Reaffirms Ruling Protecting Endangered Species on 111,740 Acres of National Forest Lands Court Order, Dec 8, 2014 (PFD)
Federal Court Reaffirms Ruling Protecting Endangered Species on 111,740 Acres of National Forest Lands
Contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 The federal district court in Montana reaffirmed and clarified its September 2014 ruling that the U.S. Forest Service violated the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the National...
Habitat Win for Grizzly, Lynx
Judge: Hebgen Logging Project needs USFWS Assessment for Bears, Lynx Hebgen-area Logging Project Faces Another Delay Conservation Groups Win Victory for Yellowstone Grizzlies and Lynx Court Order, Dec 5, 2014 (PDF)
Judge: Hebgen Logging Project needs USFWS Assessment for Bears, Lynx
by Laura Lundquist, Chronicle Staff Writer A timber sale along Hebgen Lake is on hold until the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service analyzes possible threats to grizzly bears and Canadian lynx. Last Friday, Great Falls District Court Judge Brian Morris agreed with two...
Judge Clarifies USFS must Analyze New Acres before Logging in Swan
by Rob Chaney The U.S. Forest Service can't carry out previously planned logging projects on 111,740 acres of land it got from The Nature Conservancy without doing its own analysis first, according to a federal judge. The case affects a big transfer of former Plum...
Conservation Groups Win Victory for Yellowstone Grizzlies and Lynx
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 The Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council won an important victory in federal court today for the grizzly bear and lynx that make their home on the...
Hebgen-area Logging Project Faces Another Delay
by Brett French A long-delayed logging project near the west shore of Hebgen Lake has hit another snag. In an order signed Friday, U.S. District Court judge Brian Morris of Great Falls has instructed the Gallatin National Forest to conduct a "site-specific biological...
Cabinet-Yaak Grizzly on the Ropes
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Federal agency denies critical habitat for the imperiled Mike Garrity, Executive Director of the Alliance for the Wild Rockies said, "Today the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service...
Ninth Circuit Court Rules for Alliance for the Wild Rockies on Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Hazing
Contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today for the Alliance for the Wild Rockies on their lawsuit trying to stop hazing of grizzly bears by Helicopters near Yellowstone...
Environmental Group Claims Victory in Ruling on Helicopter Hazing of Bison
by Laura Lundquist, Chronicle Staff Writer Despite an appellate court's ruling allowing helicopter hazing of bison, an environmental group is happy about the precedent they won: namely the standing they can use in future lawsuits. On Thursday, the 9th Circuit Court of...
Buffalo Hazing
Environmental Group Claims Victory in Ruling on Helicopter Hazing of Bison Ninth Circuit Court Rules for Alliance for the Wild Rockies on Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Hazing Court Order (PDF)
Groups Sue Over Critical Lynx Habitat
Four conservation groups filed suit Monday in Missoula federal court, challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's designation of critical Canada lynx habitat in the lower 48 states. The national Sierra Club, Colorado-based Rocky Mountain Wild, Montana-based...
Groups Sue to Include More Area as Lynx Habitat
by Laura Lundquist, Chronicle Staff Writer Wildlife advocates Monday sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service a third time for limiting the amount of habitat that would be protected for lynx. The groups — the Sierra Club, the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Rocky...
Law of the Land: How Litigation has Shaped the Forest Service
by Tom Kuglin, Independent Record While many people may decry litigious environmental groups and point fingers at judges that rule in the groups' favor, it's hard to deny that they have often prevailed in court, and the federal government has been found in violation...
Tester and Daines Wrong on Equal Access to Justice Act
by Michael Garrity, Opinion The IR's recent article on citizen enforcement of natural resource laws would have been more informative for readers had it concentrated on why the Forest Service keeps losing lawsuits over and over for the same reasons instead of the fees...
Taxpayer Subsidized Logging Makes No Sense
by Michael Garrity, Opinion, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies The Oct. 1 article in the IR about the Cabin Gulch logging project reports a claim by the manager of the RY Timber mill in Townsend that the Forest Service makes money on logging. However,...
Conservationist Coalition Halts Lindbergh Lake Logging
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 The Federal District Court in Missoula ruled yesterday for four conservation groups, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Swan View Coalition, Friends of the Wild Swan, and Native...
Judge Halts Glacier Loon Timber Sale in Swan Valley
by Dillon Tabish A federal judge has halted a logging project near Lindbergh Lake in the Swan Valley, siding with conservation groups that argued the U.S. Forest Service had disobeyed environmental laws. U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy on Thursday blocked the...
Court Halts Glacier Loon Timber Sale, Flathead National Forest
Judge Halts Glacier Loon Timber Sale in Swan Valley Conservationist Coalition Halts Lindbergh Lake logging Court Order, Sept. 25, 2014 (PDF) Related Stories from 2013 Conservation Groups Sue Over Timber Sale Around Lindbergh Lake Compliant, June 24, 2014 (PDF) Project...
Lawsuit Challenges Bridger Canyon Timber Sale
by Laura Lundquist, Chronicle Staff Writer Environmental groups have sued to stop a logging project near Bridger Bowl Ski Area, claiming it would destroy too much wildlife habitat. But a new federal rule could make it harder for them to win. On Wednesday, the Alliance...
South Bridger Interface Project, Gallatin National Forest Challenged
Lawsuit Challenges Bridger Canyon Timber Sale South Bridger Interface Project EA, Press Release Proposed Action Map, USFS, Gallatin National Forest
BLM must Study Lynx after Halting Timber Sale near Ovando
by Tom Kuglin, Independent Record Federal officials have halted a timber sale near Ovando and agreed, with two conservation groups, to analyze the impacts on the federally threatened Canada lynx. In an order released Sept. 8, the Bureau of Land Management remanded its...
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