by Web Editor | Aug 20, 2014 | News, News/PR
After a week long trial in Missoula County District Court, a jury announced a nearly $17 million verdict late Thursday night in favor of a Montana logging company and against its lender, First Interstate Bank. Kelly Logging Inc. alleged that First Interstate took...
by Web Editor | Jun 30, 2014 | News, News/PR
Two conservation groups have filed a lawsuit in an attempt to stop the Red Mountain Flume Chessman Reservoir timber project that officials say is necessary to protect Helena’s water supply. The Montana Ecosystems Defense Council and the Native Ecosystems Council filed...
by Web Editor | Jun 23, 2014 | News, News/PR
Two conservation groups made the first legal challenge to a logging operation excluded from environmental analysis and public review under the 2014 Farm Bill. On Thursday, the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council filed a lawsuit in U.S. District...
by Web Editor | Jun 13, 2014 | News, News/PR
A Montana federal judge has ruled that the Gallatin National Forest can log certain sections of trees that were burned in the Millie Fire two years ago. Last week, U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen of Missoula ruled that two environmental groups failed to prove...
by Web Editor | Apr 30, 2014 | News, News/PR
A Bozeman man on Tuesday sued Montana Governor Steve Bullock and some top administration officials, accusing them of violating the state Constitution by nominating 5.1 million acres of U.S. Forest Service land for restoration without giving the public a chance to...