bison
Federal District Court denies Fed's request to pause our Yellowstone Bison lawsuit
Bison, National park Service The federal district court in Montana denied the federal government's request to press pause
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Motorized wreckreation group lists the Alliance for the Wild Rockies as the nation's most-feared Environmental Organization
The Alliance for the Wild Rockies is proud to announce that the Blue Ribbon Coalition, an anti-environmental group of
August 9, 2026
Grizzly
Alliance for the Wild Rockies and local residents score another win in the fight for old growth and grizzlies in Northern Idaho
Seven long years ago the Alliance for the Wild Rockies, with the support of local residents, took the Forest Service
July 27, 2026
logging
The Wilderness Society, Greater Yellowstone Coalition, and Montana Wilderness Association have Consistently Undermined the Roadless Rule
Clearcut on Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest - Photo by Steve Platt The Wilderness Society, the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, and
July 10, 2026
logging
Forest Service clearcutting and intentional burning is killing, not saving, our National Forests
Clearcut Logging - photo by Steve Platt The Trump administration and some Democrats support "managing" our national forests like
June 18, 2026
goshawk
Board of Land Appeals vacates the BLM's Decision to Cutdown and Burn 560,000 acres of wildlife habitat in the Indian Peak Watershed in southwest Utah
Pinyon Jay - Photo by Dave Menke USFWS The Interior Board of Land Appeals vacated the BLM's decision authorizing
June 4, 2026
Grizzly
Forest Service attempts to illegally shrink "secure habitat" in huge deforestation project spurring lawsuit to protect grizzly bears
Grizzly Bear - Photo by Glenn Phillips Forest Service attempts to illegally shrink "secure habitat" in huge deforestation project
June 2, 2026
AWR
Alliance for the Wild Rockies Challenge Red Lodge Area Logging Project Again
Burnt Mountain - Photo USFS The Alliance for the Wild Rockies filed a lawsuit in federal district court against the Custer
May 22, 2026
Garnet
Calling Bull on Forest Service and Timber Industry "unnaturally thick forests" Propaganda
This photo of the old mining town of Garnet was taken in 1898 -- seven years before the Forest Service was
May 19, 2026
Whitebark Pine
Forest Service Withdraws Cooke City Deforestation Project on Border of Yellowstone National Park After Being Sued by Conservation Groups
Whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) - Photo by Jen Hooke National Park Service Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Dr. Jesse Logan, Native
May 5, 2026
goshawk
Alliance Files Lawsuit to Stop Forest Service's Hyalite-South Cottonwood Old Growth Logging Project In Most Popular National Forest Recreation Area in Montana
Hyalite Canyon - Photo USFS The Forest Service recently issued its decision authorizing yet another old growth logging project on Bozeman&
April 29, 2026
lynx
Federal Judge halts huge Forest Service clearcutting project West of Whitefish, Montana
Lynx by Ryan Pennesi - U.S. Forest Service Federal Judge halts huge Forest Service clearcutting project west of Whitefish, Montana
April 2, 2026
AWR
Alliance for the Wild Rockies wins another battle in the fight for Bitterroot grizzly bears
Photo: Frank van Manen - USGS On March 31, The Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council, prevailed in
April 1, 2026
lynx
Conservationists sue the Forest Service to stop Cooke City deforestation project on the border of Yellowstone National Park
Lynx - Photo by Sara German - USFWS The Cooke City area of Montana has one of the healthiest whitebark pine forests
March 17, 2026
lynx
Alliance challenges removal of wildlife protections on 1.1 million acres of public land in Montana
Canadian Lynx By Keith Williams USFWS The Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Gallatin Wildlife Association, Native Ecosystems Council, and Council
March 9, 2026
bull trout
Forest Service Logging and Burning Will Cook Bull Trout to Extinction in the Jarbidge River
Bull Trout - Photo by Joel Sartore/National Geographic & Wade Fredenberg/USFWS Bull trout were listed as "threatened"
February 5, 2026
wolverines
Wolverines can't wait: Government must designate Critical Habitat to stave off extinction
Photo by Steve Kroschel - Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife Wolverines in the lower 48 States were trapped, hunted, and
January 26, 2026
BLM
Why we are suing the BLM to stop deforestation and burning across 905,000 acres of southwest Montana
Public lands managed by the Dillon Field Office of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management Photo by BLM If
January 20, 2026
AWR
Alliance for the Wild Rockies stop illegal logging next to Yellowstone National Park
Photo by National Park Service For grizzly bears, wolves, lynx, wolverine, and bison there is no "boundary" around
December 16, 2025
AWR
Alliance for the Wild Rockies Annual Report 2025
Alliance for the Wild Rockies 2025 Annual Report Protecting the Wild Rockies. Holding the Line. Restoring Balance. Impact Period: November
November 30, 2025
lynx
Alliance files lawsuit to protect grizzlies, lynx, and sage grouse on the Continental Divide
Photo by USFS The Alliance for the Wild Rockies filed a federal lawsuit to protect habitat for three rare wildlife
November 26, 2025
sage grouse
Alliance Sues the BLM to Stop Destruction of Critical Sage Grouse Habitat
Sage Grouse - Photo by Richard Prodgers Greater sage grouse occupied more than 460,000 square miles across 13 Western states,
November 17, 2025
Pinyon Jay
Lawsuit Challenges Logging and Burning Project in the Pine Valley Ranger District of the Dixie National Forest
Northern Goshawk Photo by Martha de Jong-Lantink USFS The Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Wildlands Defense, Native Ecosystems Council,
November 11, 2025
AWR
Top Ten Things the Alliance did to protect the Northern Rockies Ecosystem in 2025
In 2025 the Alliance for the Wild Rockies protected 2,672 square miles -- 1.7 MILLION acres -- of wildlife habitat
November 3, 2025
Grizzly
Lawsuits protect grizzly bears in NW Montana
Photo: Frank van Manen /USGS Alliance for the Wild Rockies understands that when the government breaks the law and destroys
November 3, 2025
AWR
Elk, not wild bison, have transmitted brucellosis to Montana cattle in every case
Photo: National Park Service With 2.1 million cattle in Montana, one might expect Governor Gianforte and our congressional delegation
October 29, 2025
Grizzly
Alliance Court Victory Protects Grizzly Bears From Expanded Cattle Grazing in Paradise Valley
Sitting between two towering mountain ranges, Montana's Paradise Valley is aptly named. Cradling the mighty Yellowstone River that
September 30, 2025
goshawk
Alliance for the Wild Rockies Stops the Chop in the Colville National Forest
A foggy morning at Calispell Meadows on the Colville National Forest in northeast Washington - Photo courtesy USFS Once again the
September 18, 2025
logging
NREPA Will Designate all Greater Yellowstone Wilderness Study Areas as Wilderness
Buffalo Horn drainage in Gallatin Range. Photo by George Wuerthner There's a boiling controversy right now over the
September 5, 2025
bull trout
Alliance for the Wild Rockies files lawsuit to stop massive clearcutting project in bull trout critical habitat watershed
Bull Trout by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Bull trout lost approximately 60 percent of their historic range before
August 25, 2025
bull trout
The State of Montana is Failing to Protect the Public's Water and Fish
Dead fish from a creek earlier this summer when temperatures in Montana hit triple digits. (Photo by Larry Campbelli). Anyone
August 19, 2025
wolves
Wolves can't go to court, so we went for them and won
Photo by Gary Kramer USFWS In an amazing court victory for wild wolves and advocates who tirelessly speak on their
August 7, 2025
owls
Alliance Sues Forest Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to stop another massive clearcutting project west of Whitefish, Montana
Photo by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Alliance for the Wild Rockies sues Flathead Forest Service and U.S.
July 29, 2025
sage grouse
A new gas pipeline will destroy dwindling Sage Grouse Habitat -- but you can help stop it
Photo by USFWS The Forest Service authorized a Special Use Permit in March to allow a private company to clear-
July 17, 2025
roads
Why we need 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
June 25, 2025
bull trout
Alliance for the Wild Rockies files lawsuit to prevent dewatering bull trout critical habitat in the Clark Fork River
Photo by US FWS The Clark Fork River is federally-designated "critical habitat" for bull trout, a "
June 17, 2025
logging
Alliance for the Wild Rockies halts Forest Service plan to log and burn entire Manti-La Sal National Forest
Photo: US Forest Service Alliance for the Wild Rockies relies on private donations from individuals who want to protect the
June 12, 2025
lynx
Government Cancels Illegal Logging Project near Yellowstone after Alliance Sues
Gravelly Mountain Range - U.S. Forest Service The U.S. Forest Service cancelled an illegal public land logging project due
May 22, 2025
lynx
Alliance stops secret logging and burning project in Uintas-Wasatch-Cache National Forest
Soapstone Basin in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest - Photo by Recreation.gov What happens when government agencies try to
May 20, 2025
sage grouse
Government burning of public lands is harming humans and killing millions of birds
Photo: Richard Prodgers Using the fear of wildfires, the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) are spending
May 9, 2025
Grizzly
Federal Magistrate: Forest Service Failed Grizzlies in Paradise Valley Grazing
Photo by Glenn Phillips Montana's Paradise Valley is aptly named. Sitting between two towering mountain ranges, it cradles
May 6, 2025
sage grouse
Lawsuit filed against permanent pipeline corridor in National Forest in Idaho
Photo by Richard Prodgers The Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Yellowstone to Uintas Connection filed a federal lawsuit this
April 23, 2025
AWR
Major Court Victory for Imperiled Selkirk Grizzly Bear Population in Idaho
Photo by Glenn Phillips It took the Alliance for the Wild Rockies almost six years of litigation fighting the US
April 6, 2025
lynx
Conservation Groups sue to protect grizzlies, lynx, and sage grouse in the Gravelly Mountains of Montana
Photo by Lisa Hupp/USFWS Yesterday, April 3, 2025, the Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Council on Wildlife and Fish
April 4, 2025
AWR
Senator Whitehouse and Congresswoman Dean introduce the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act
Custer-Gallatin National Forest next to Yellowstone National Park - photo by Custer-Gallatin National Forest On Thursday, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
March 31, 2025
lynx
Massive deforestation project that threatens grizzlies, lynx and wolverine halted
Photo by Michael Hoyt Thanks to our threat to sue the Forest Service over using a categorical exclusion to avoid
March 17, 2025
Cabinet Mountains
The Alliance wins Ninth Circuit victory to protect imperiled Cabinet-Yaak grizzly bears in Montana
Photo by Glenn Phillips The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the Alliance for the Wild Rockies
February 27, 2025
logging
The Forest Service Loses Billions Subsidizing Logging
Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest. Photo by Vicki Anfinson If Trump and Musk really want to cut the Forest
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