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    Court Rejects Old-Growth Clearcuts in the Tongass National Forest

    Posted on August 3, 2011 | 1 Comment
    Crag 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...

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    Loopholes for Logging Trucks

    Posted on July 15, 2011 | 1 Comment
    Logging 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...

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    Giving Outdoor Excursions a New Meaning

    Posted on June 15, 2011 | 1 Comment
    I love getting outside more than anything in the world.  Over the last several years I have spent nearly all of my free time tromping around in the woods, skiing remote mountains, wandering the pacific coastline, slinking through desert formations, and viewing the world from...

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    Neighbors Hail Ruling Protecting Oregon Farm and Forestland

    Posted on July 20, 2010 | 2 Comments
    In a decision issued today, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals took a big step to preserve Oregon farm and forest lands from large developments proposed under former Measure 37 claims. The Court reversed an Oregon District Court decision that found that Measure 37 waivers...

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    Neighboring Property Owners Join Jackson County to Challenge Decision That Measure 37 Waivers Are Enforceable Contracts

    Posted on February 6, 2009 | No Comments
    (Medford, Oregon)  Livable Communities – Program Update. On Wednesday February 4, 2009, Judge Owen M. Panner issued a decision enjoining his earlier judgment that determined that a number of claims under former Measure 37 continued to be valid and enforceable. The Judge stayed the judgment...

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