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A win in the fight for old growth and grizzlies in Northern Idaho | Mike Garrity
Missoula

A win in the fight for old growth and grizzlies in Northern Idaho | Mike Garrity

  • MIKE GARRITY

Seven long years ago the Alliance for the Wild Rockies, with the support of local residents, took the Forest Service to federal court to halt the Hanna Flats logging, road-building, and burning project on the Idaho Panhandle National Forest in northern Idaho. Through a long and winding legal saga the good news — for grizzly bears, old-growth forests, and the local populace which strongly opposed the deforestation — is that a federal appeals court just ruled for the Alliance.

Montana

Sheep Creek mine operators wanted exemption from DEQ review; DEQ denies request

  • Keila Szpaller

U.S. Critical Materials tried to argue its mine exploration project at Sheep Creek doesn’t need state agency review under the Montana Metal Mine Reclamation Act. The Montana Department of Environmental Quality disagreed, and a Bitterroot Valley lawmaker said the request by the company showed disrespect for Montanans. “USCM’s letter to DEQ demonstrates — whether intentionally […]