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Conservationists Sue the Forest Service to Stop Cooke City Deforestation Project on the Border of Yellowstone National Park

The Cooke City area of Montana has one of the healthiest whitebark pine forests in the region. Yet now, the Forest Service wants to apply an...

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Conservation Groups Challenge Removal of Wildlife Protections on 1.1 Million Acres of Public Land in Montana

Four Montana-based Conservation Groups — Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Gallatin Wildlife Association, Native Ecosystems Council, and Council on...

02.03.2026 10

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Conservation Groups File Lawsuit to Protect Grizzlies, Lynx, and Sage Grouse on the Continental Divide

The Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Native Ecosystems Council, and Council on Wildlife and Fish filed a federal lawsuit to protect habitat for three...

26.11.2025 2

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Conservation Groups Sue Bureau of Land Management to Stop Destruction of Critical Sage Grouse Habitat

Greater sage grouse occupied more than 460,000 square miles across 13 Western states, including Montana, and three Canadian provinces before European...

19.11.2025 5

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Lawsuit Challenges Logging and Burning Project in Utah’s Dixie National Forest

The Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Wildlands Defense, Native Ecosystems Council, and Council for Wildlife and Fish sued the U.S. Forest Service in...

11.11.2025 10

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Elk, Not Wild Bison, Have Transmitted Brucellosis to Montana Cattle in Every Case

With 2.1 million cattle in Montana, one might expect Governor Gianforte and our congressional delegation to know where cattle actually get...

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Alliance for Wild Rockies Court Victory Protects Grizzly Bears From Expanded Cattle Grazing in the Paradise Valley

Sitting between two towering mountain ranges, Montana’s Paradise Valley is aptly named. Cradling the mighty Yellowstone River that flows from...

22.09.2025 20

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Alliance for the Wild Rockies Files Lawsuit to Stop Massive Clearcutting Project in Bull Trout Critical Habitat Watershed

Bull trout lost approximately 60 percent of their historic range before they were even listed as ‘threatened’ on the Endangered Species List in...

25.08.2025 9

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The State of Montana is Failing to Protect the Public’s Water and Fish

Anyone who drives around the state of Montana right now can see one unassailable truth: our state’ renowned rivers and the prized fish which inhabit...

19.08.2025 10

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Wolves Can’t Go to Court, So We Went for Them…and Won!

In an amazing court victory for wild wolves and advocates who tirelessly speak on their behalf, the federal district court in Missoula,...

07.08.2025 10

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Why We Meed the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act Now More Than Ever

Brooke Rollins, Trump’s Secretary of Agriculture, recently announced the administration’s plan to repeal the 2001 Roadless Rule and open an...

26.06.2025 5

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Feds Cancel Illegal Logging Project near Yellowstone After Alliance for the Wild Rockies Sues

The U.S. Forest Service cancelled an illegal public land logging project due to a recently-filed lawsuit by Montana conservation group Alliance for...

23.05.2025 4

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Government Burning of Public lands is Harming Humans and Killing Millions of Birds

Using the fear of wildfires, the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) are spending billions of taxpayer dollars to intentionally...

06.05.2025 10

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Alliance for the Wild Rockies Challenges Immense Logging and Burning Project in Utah’s Manti-La Sal National Forest

The Manti–La Sal National Forest stretches from central Utah to southeastern Utah and into Colorado. The 1,413,111-acre forest contains the La...

24.02.2025 2

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Conservation Advocates Sue Flathead Forest Service to Stop Massive Clearcutting West of Whitefish, Montana

If anyone wonders why we’re taking the Forest Service to court over the Round Star logging project, there is one primary reason: lynx critical...

10.01.2025 7

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