KALISPELL - Brand-new plans to drill for coalbed methane in a wilderness valley north of Glacier National Park have Montana officials looking for a permanent solution to the decades-long debate over energy development in southeastern British Columbia.
June 5, 2007
Montana: Coal exploration near Glacier National Park worries U.S. again
Idaho: Off-road vehicle advocate hires former Craig aide to fight wilderness plan
Joe B- Scott, grandson of supermarket founder Joe Albertson, hired former Craig spokesman Mike Tracy last month to campaign against the proposed 300,000 acre wilderness on grounds it’s too restrictive for motorcycles and snowmobiles.
Florida: Everglades National Park may place restrictions on motorized boats
Wisconsin: Red shouldered hawk a factor in reduced timber sale in Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest
WAUSAU, Wis. - An environmental group and the U.S. Forest Service reached an agreement to scale back a timber sale in northern Wisconsin to protect nearly 1,500 acres of forest that provide habitat for some threatened red-shouldered hawks, authorities said Monday.
Montana: Gallatin National Forest supervisor takes new job in Washington state
Heath, 54, said she had been recruited for a position in Washington, D.C., but family concerns helped her decide to take the position running the Okanagan and Wenatchee national forests in northcentral Washington.
Alaska: Agreement reached on Tongass National Forest timber sales lawsuits
The District Court approved a comprehensive settlement agreement between mill owners, the Forest Service, the state, and conservation groups on May 30th. The settlement addresses a series of lawsuits concerning timber sales on the Tongass National Forest, and is effective until the Forest completes its amendment of the 1997 Forest Plan.
Arizona: Former Forest Service Fire manager sentenced to prison
PHOENIX — The former commander of an elite wildlands firefighting team who admitted setting two forest fires in June 2004 was sentenced to two years in federal prison Monday.