Conservation groups have filed a lawsuit against the United States Forest Service for what they’re calling a “massive” project that encompasses more than 73,000 acres and covers 115 square miles in the Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness Area. Those groups have urged the federal district court to take immediate action because they say the logging project has already […] The post Conservation groups say ‘massive’ Pintler Wilderness logging project should be stopped appeared first on Daily Montanan.
U.S. officials proposed a $31 million recovery plan for Canada lynx on Friday in a bid to help the snow-dependent wildcat species that scientists say could be wiped out in parts of the contiguous U.S. by the end of the century. The proposal marks a sharp turnaround from five years ago, when officials in Donald Trump’s presidency said lynx had recovered and no longer needed protection after their numbers had rebounded in some areas. President Joseph Biden’s administration in 2021 reached a legal