Earthjustice

For a second time, wildlife advocates are asking the courts to require the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to consider how the spread of logging roads on the Flathead National Forest will affect threatened grizzly bears and bull trout.

This week, the Montana Supreme Court dealt what could be the final blow to the attempt by Lucky Minerals to mine for gold in the Paradise Valley near Yellowstone National Park.

In May, the Montana Department of Environmental Quality issued a Phase One bonding amount of $4.65 million for the Black Butte Copper Mine, located near the iconic Smith River.

Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Dana Christensen has postponed a controversial grizzly bear hunt for another two weeks, before making a decision of the legality of removing the Yellowstone Ecosystem grizzly bears from the Endangered Species List

Earthjustice, the environmental group whose motto is ‘The Earth Needs a Good Lawyer’, sent two attorneys to the Russell Courthouse in Missoula on Thursday to argue before federal Judge Dana Christensen to stop the upcoming grizzly bear hunt in Wyoming.