Bioregion Spotlight: Ten Years of AWR
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Timeline of AWR's Activities: 1995-1998 |
 February, 1995 Rep. Carolyn Maloney and 20 other members of Congress introduce The Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act. |
| July, 1995 AWR unveils its Conservation Biology Alternative for grizzly bear restoration to the greater Salmon-Selway-Bitterroot ecosystem. |
| July 27, 1995 President Clinton signs the Salvage Rider into law. AWR begins its "Logging Without Laws" campaign. AWR Ecosystem Defense director Jennifer Ferenstein originates the idea of a rider repeal bill in Congress. Rep. Elizebeth Furse, D-OR, agrees to sponsor this bill. |
| January, 1996 AWR publishes it's Special Report # 8, the Conservation Biology Alternative for Grizzly Bear Population Restoration in the Greater Salmon-Selway Region of Central Idaho and Western Montana. |
| Fall, 1996 AWR releases Special Report Logging Without Laws, including a map of proposed salvage sales in the Northern Rockies. This report helps build opposition to the Salvage Rider. |
| November 13, 1996 Judge Robert Jones, in a landmark ruling, declares the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service "warranted, but precluded" finding on bull trout is "arbitrary and capricious." Jones orders a new evaluation of the bull trout's legal status. |
 July, 1997 AWR begins its Great Grizzly Hike, organized by Betsy Gaines, along 300 miles of the Montana-Idaho border, from the Salmon-Selway to the Yellowstone ecosystem. |
| July 2, 1997 Bitterroot Reintroduction DEIS released and contains the Conservation Biology Alternative as Alternative Number 4. This marks the first time ever that a regional conservation biology plan has been included in a federal EIS. |
| April 23, 1997 NREPA introduced by Representatives Chris Shays (R-CT) and Carolyn Maloney (D-NY). They were later joined by 70 other members of the U.S. House. |
| June 11, 1997 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service publishes a Federal Register proposal for listing of the bull trout under the ESA. |
| October, 1997 Salish & Kootenai Tribes and the Missoula County Commissioners endorse Alternative 4, the Conservation Biology Alternative. These are critical endorsements from elected officials. |
| Spring, 1998 AWR launches its award-winning new website on the Great Yellowstone Fires of '88. |
| June 5, 1998 Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt formally announces the listing of the bull trout. |
| November 23, 1998 AWR is ten years strong!!! |
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