The Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Native Ecosystems Council, Gallatin Wildlife Association, and Council on Wildlife and Fish are taking the Forest Service to court to stop a massive clearcutting and burning project in the South Tobacco Root Mountains in southwest Montana. The Forest Service's plan illogically and illegally destroys important habitat for four endangered species instead of protecting and recovering them as required by the Endangered Species Act. The project area is about 10 miles north of Virginia City and authorizes 3,876 acres of logging, including 578 acres of large clearcuts, and burning 12,420 acres, much of it sage grouse habitat.
Mike Garrity, Executive Director for the Alliance for the Wild Rockies
Mike Garrity Thom Bridge, Independent Record
The Forest Service's plan is to "salvage" logging, which is a euphemism for clearcutting and burning. This "salvage" project will destroy important habitat for four endangered species instead of protecting and recovering them as required by the Endangered Species Act. The project area is about 10 miles north of Virginia City and authorizes 3,876 acres of logging, including 578 acres of large clearcuts, and burning 12,420 acres, much of it sage grouse habitat.
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Mike Garrity
This lawsuit is to stop the "salvage" logging and burning project in the South Tobacco Root Mountains in southwest Montana. The Forest Service's plan illogically and illegally destroys important habitat for four endangered species instead of protecting and recovering them as required by the Endangered Species Act. The project area is about 10 miles north of Virginia City and authorizes 3,876 acres of logging, including 578 acres of large clearcuts, and burning 12,420 acres, much of it sage grouse habitat.
Salvage logging is a euphemism for clearcutting and burning. The Forest Service's plan will destroy important habitat for four endangered species instead of protecting and recovering them as required by the Endangered Species Act. The project area is about 10 miles north of Virginia City and authorizes 3,876 acres of logging, including 578 acres of large clearcuts, and burning 12,420 acres, much of it sage grouse habitat.
Legal life
This lawsuit is to stop the "salvage" logging and burning project in the South Tobacco Root Mountains in southwest Montana. The Forest Service's plan illogically and illegally destroys important habitat for four endangered species instead of protecting and recovering them as required by the Endangered Species Act. The project area is about 10 miles north of Virginia City and authorizes 3,876 acres of logging, including 578 acres of large clearcuts, and burning 12,420 acres, much of it sage grouse habitat.
Legally, this lawsuit is to stop the "salvage" logging and burning project in the South Tobacco Root Mountains in southwest Montana. The Forest Service's plan illogically and illegally destroys important habitat for four endangered species instead of protecting and recovering them as required by the Endangered Species Act. The project area is about 10 miles north of Virginia City and authorizes 3,876 acres of logging, including 578 acres of large clearcuts, and burning 12,420 acres, much of it sage grouse habitat.
We are both sides of the "salvage" fire
This lawsuit is to stop the "salvage" logging and burning project in the South Tobacco Root Mountains in southwest Montana. The Forest Service's plan illogically and illegally destroys important habitat for four endangered species instead of protecting and recovering them as required by the Endangered Species Act. The project area is about 10 miles north of Virginia City and authorizes 3,876 acres of logging, including 578 acres of large clearcuts, and burning 12,420 acres, much of it sage grouse habitat.
It is a waste of time to "salvage" fire victims because they are not salvageable. The Forest Service's plan will destroy important habitat for four endangered species instead of protecting and recovering them as required by the Endangered Species Act. The project area is about 10 miles north of Virginia City and authorizes 3,876 acres of logging, including 578 acres of large clearcuts, and burning 12,420 acres, much of it sage grouse habitat.
Mike Garrity is a fifth-generation Montanan and the executive director of the Alliance for the Wild Rockies.
