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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
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Nestlé Issue Transcends Environmental Movement
Posted on March 30, 2012 | No CommentsThis week Crag Law Center filed protests of two Water Resources Department decisions that start the approvals process for a Nestlé water bottling plant in the Columbia Gorge. The decisions under protest are integral to a water rights exchange between the Oregon Department of Fish... -
Protests Filed to Protect Oregon Spring Water from Nestlé
Posted on March 29, 2012 | 3 CommentsOn behalf of Bark and Food and Water Watch, Crag filed two protests challenging the Oregon Water Resources Department’s (Water Department) approval of permits that move Nestlé one key step closer to bottling and selling Oregon’s water. Crag is donating our services to protest the... -
Trout Creek Update
Posted on February 17, 2012 | No CommentsEarlier this month, the Bureau of Land Management issued a last minute closure of Trout Creek, one of Oregon’s most beloved rock climbing destinations. The climbing community absolutely shares BLM’s interest in protecting habitat for golden eagles, but the lack of public involvement, environmental analysis... -
Trout Creek Closed to Climbing
Posted on February 2, 2012 | 2 CommentsThe Trout Creek climbing area in Central Oregon – one of Oregon’s truly unique and treasured recreational resources – was closed by the Bureau of Land Management on February 1, 2012. Rock climbers from around the country have traveled to Central Oregon to experience the... -
Lawsuit Launched to Protect Marbled Murrelets from Clearcutting in Oregon State Forests
Posted on January 19, 2012 | No CommentsToday Cascadia Wildlands, the Center for Biological Diversity, and Audubon Society of Portland gave the State of Oregon and its forestry departments notice of their intent to file a lawsuit to protect the federally threatened marbled murrelet. Marbled murrelets are rare seabirds that nest inland... -
Court Rejects Old-Growth Clearcuts in the Tongass National Forest
Posted on August 3, 2011 | 1 CommentCrag recently won a key victory in the fight to preserve old-growth forest and wildlife habitat in the Tongass National Forest. In the case – Greenpeace v. Cole – the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals threw out four old-growth timber sales that would have logged... -
Proposed Budget Seeks to Cut Funding for the Environment
Posted on July 28, 2011 | No CommentsOn July 27, The Oregonian reported that the House rejected a rider to a GOP-proposed spending bill that would have stripped funding for the listing of new species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The bill would have only funded the removal of species from... -
Loopholes for Logging Trucks
Posted on July 15, 2011 | 1 CommentLogging roads kill fish – its been proven time and time again by EPA, state agencies, and independent scientists – and dedicated fishermen will tell you the same thing. Heavily roaded watersheds often have depressed fish populations, because those roads generate tremendous amounts of sediment... -
A walk in the woods with the Forest Service
Posted on June 29, 2011 | No CommentsNothing beats going on a hike on a sunny day in Oregon, especially when you’re in the company of Forest Service experts. Accompanied by two Crag summer interns, Derek Leuzzi and Alix Jacobson, I recently joined a group of Hood River Valley residents, Forest Service... -
Witness the Spirit Bear of the Northwest Rainforest – One Night Only!
Posted on June 9, 2011 | No CommentsCome out tonight to the Hollywood Theater at 7 PM to witness first hand the spirit bear of the Great Bear Rainforest for a showing of SPOIL. The film was featured at that Wild & Scenic Film Festival earlier this year, and this is the...