NEWS 2008

• 12-23-2008, Justice Department Informed Federal District Judge That They Are Reconsidering Their Position in the Bull Trout Critical Habitat Decision Lawsuit
  
  Press Release
  New York Times
  Government letter to court
  


• 12-15-2008, Targhee National Forest Withdraws Sagebrush Prescribed Burning Project After Conservation Groups File Lawsuit
  
  Press Release
  Berry Complaint
  Berry Withdrawl (pdf)
  


• 12-09-2008, AWR and Native Ecosystems Council File Lawsuit in Federal District Court to Stop Logging of Owl Habitat in Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, Montana
  
  Press Release
  mtstandard.com
  Barton Springs Complaint (pdf)
  


• 12-02-2008, Conservation Organization Files Lawsuit to Stop Herbicide Spraying of 94,000 acres in Kootenai National Forest, Montana
  
  Press Release
  Kootenai NF Weed Complaint (pdf)
  


• 11-18-2008, Sportsman and Conservationists Seek to Preserve Critical Wildlife Corridor and Habitat for Elk, Moose, Lynx, Wolverine, Grizzly Bears, and Wolves on the Continental Divide near Helena, Montana
  Press Release
  


• 10-31-2008, Conservationists Halt Illegal Timber Sale in Crazy Mountains, Gallatin National Forest, Montana
  Press Release, 07-02-08
  Complaint (pdf), 07-01-08
  


• 10-23-2008, AWR and Native Ecosystems Council File Lawsuit to Stop Logging of Elk and Goshawk Habitat in Little Belt Mountains, Montana
  
  Press Release
  Land Letter
  Great Falls Tribune
  


• 08-05-08, Forest Service Pulls Project to Burn Big Sage Grouse Habitat in the East Pioneer Mountains After Conservationists File Lawsuit
  Press Release, 08-05-08
  Montana Standard, 06-27-08
  Missoulian, 06-24-08
  Press Release, 06-24-08
  Brief, 06-23-08
  Complaint, 06-23-08
  


• 08-05-08, Forest Service Withdraws Plans to Clearcut Near Butte After Conservation Groups File Lawsuit in Federal District Court
  Press Release, 08-05-08
  Missoulian, 08-05-08
  Montana Standard, 08-05-08
  Forest Service Letter, 07-31-08
  Complaint, 03-12-08
  


• 08-01-08, Federal Judge Rules in Conservation Groups Favor on Issue of Helicopter Logging in Grizzly Bear Habitat
  Press Release
  Missoulian
  


• 07-24-2008, Plum Creek's Top Officials Detail Intentions in State
  Missoulian
  


• 07-19-2008, Judge Restores Wolf Protections
  Independent Record
  


• 03-03-2008, Ten Conservation Challenge Federal Approvals of Rock Creek Mine Plan, Cabinet Mountains Wilderness, NW Montana
  Press Release (pdf)
  


• 02-27-2008, Eleven Conservation Groups Challenge Federal Wolf Delisting in Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana
  Press Release