Task Force Makes Front Page News on Soldier-Butler and Ninemile
Task Force field trip visit with Ninemile landowners gets front page news coverage.
Important Oped on Wildfire and Home Protection
Fire expert and Missoula County Commissioner write influential opinion that logging to protect homes from wildfires doesn’t work.
Grizzly Bears and Endangered Species Act Listing: What Does Science-based Recovery Look Like?
45 years after ESA listing, the Forest Service seems to think that the Grizzly is recovered in the Northern Rockies. What does the science of bear genetics and population connectivity tell us about what’s happening on the ground?
Five Organizations Join Citizen Task Force’s Request For Grizzly Bear Advisory Council’s Internal Communications
The Flathead-Lolo-Bitterroot Citizen Task, joined by 5 other conservation groups, formally requested “an opportunity to inspect or obtain copies of public records and information that pertain to the issue of hunting grizzly bears and any and all other communications between Department personnel and the Governor’s Grizzly Bear Advisory Council.
Flathead Lolo Bitterroot Citizen Task Force Announces Intent to Sue Forest Service, Fish and Wildlife Service
FLB Citizen Task Force Announces Intent to Sue Forest Service, Fish and Wildlife Service.
Press Release – Montana Group Releases Report on Road Density and Grizzly Bears in Key Regional Linkage Between Recovery Areas
The Montana-based Flathead-Lolo-Bitterroot Citizen Task Force has released the results of a new study of the extensive road network in the Ninemile Demographic Connectivity Area (DCA) west of Missoula.
Task Force Releases Grizzly Bear Film
We are excited to announce the release of our new film, The Status of the Grizzly Bear: Has it Really Recovered? produced by Missoula Community Access Television. This film features five leading experts who presented their findings at our conference this past November at the University of Montana.
Ten Organizations File Comments on Federal Grizzly Bear Status Review
Ten organizations filed formal comments on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 5-Year Status Review of Grizzly Bears.
Grizzly Bear Experts Oppose Delisting, Call for Habitat Linkage
Five leading scientists have released a compendium of professional statements outlining the current status of the grizzly bear in the Northern Rockies.
Forest Planning News 2019
Recently a number of conservationists from throughout the northern Rockies led by Gary MacFarlane of Friends of the Clearwater met with representatives of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service including Grizzly Bear Recovery Coordinator Hilary Cooley. The common theme that emerged is the alarming number of mega-projects on National Forest lands, degrading habitat for threatened and endangered species including grizzly bear and bull trout. All the forests in the vicinity of western Montana and north-central Idaho have approved or proposed mega- projects.