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Lame Settlement on Alkali Lake Toxic Waste Dump Thwarted
2 May 2012
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Do You Need To See It To Believe It?
25 Apr 2012
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Nestlé Issue Transcends Environmental Movement
30 Mar 2012
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Lame Settlement on Alkali Lake Toxic Waste Dump Thwarted
Blog Archive
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Wild Shots is this Saturday!
Posted on November 3, 2011 | No CommentsAre you ready? Bought your tickets? Dusted off your dancing shoes and your snazziest duds? Saturday is our 10th Anniversary party and Wildshots benefit auction, and it’s going to be a great night! Check out today’s Oregonian article highlighting our event. We’ll start with a silent... -
Team Crag takes Second in Bike Commute Challenge!
Posted on October 27, 2011 | No CommentsI know that most of our posts here relate to the work we’re doing in the office, but this one is about how we get to the office. Every September, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance organizes a bike commute challenge around the state of Oregon, pitting... -
Oregon Supreme Court Victory for Farm and Forestlands!
Posted on October 21, 2011 | No CommentsOregon’s epic battle over land use and property rights in Measure 37 and Measure 49 closed a chapter this week. Yesterday, the Oregon Supreme Court issued its decision in Friends of Yamhill County v. Board of Commissioners of Yamhill County, finding that Yamhill County violated... -
Our Climate. Our Future. Our Revolution.
Posted on September 29, 2011 | 1 CommentWatch the Video On May 5, youth in Oregon sued Governor Kitzhaber for failing to adequately protect our atmosphere from climate change. At the same time, members of the next generation also sued the federal government, several other states, and launched lawsuits in other countries... -
Oregon Shores: 40 Years of Protecting Oregon’s Coast
Posted on September 23, 2011 | No CommentsLongtime Crag client Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition turns 40 this year, and the organization celebrated this landmark with its annual Coast Conference in Newport last Saturday. Oregon Shores uses education, advocacy, and citizen engagement to preserve coastal ecosystems and public access. Founded soon after the... -
Controversy Swirls Around Proposed Adventure Park at Historic Timberline Lodge
Posted on September 16, 2011 | No CommentsDennis Chaney, our client with Friends of Mt. Hood, and I traveled up to Mt. Hood yesterday with KGW 8 Reporter Keely Chalmers and her cameraman Ken. We visited Ski Bowl first to see the downhill mountain bike course there. Then we crossed over Highway... -
Economic Woes: Is Golf the Answer?
Posted on September 2, 2011 | 1 CommentCurry County, nestled in the southwestern-most corner of Oregon, does not often make headlines. But in the last couple of weeks, a proposal by the County to convert land at Floras Lake, near Blacklock Point, into two golf courses, has made the news. The deal... -
Wild and Scenic Films: Advancing the Environmental Movement through Stories
Posted on August 25, 2011 | No CommentsToday will be the second day of the Wild and Scenic Film Festival‘s tour stop in Hood River, Oregon. Sponsored by Crag Law Center and the Hood River Valley Residents Committee, the film festival showcases independent films from around the world focusing on the stories... -
The Report from the Crag Offices on NEDC v. Brown
Posted on August 19, 2011 | No CommentsOver the past several weeks, we’ve had several questions from our supporters and other members of the public about NEDC v. Brown, the recent Ninth Circuit case involving logging road pollution and water quality. Working with our client, the Northwest Environmental Defense Center , and... -
Crag Goes Kayaking
Posted on August 10, 2011 | No CommentsInterning at Crag Law Center is not your usual summer job. As many of my law school friends sat in cubicles writing memos and filing papers for court one summer Tuesday, I had the great opportunity to whitewater kayak the Clackamas River with the Crag...