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    Loopholes for Logging Trucks

    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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    Crag Files Suit to Protect Oregon Coast Residents and Wildlife

    On behalf of the Oregon Coast Alliance and local residents, Crag filed a lawsuit on October 12, 2010 in federal court challenging the approval of permits for a strip mine near Bandon, Oregon.  The complaint alleges that both the National Marine Fisheries Service and the...

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    Court Issues Landmark Ruling on Clean Water Act & Logging Roads

    Appeals Court Issues Landmark Ruling on Stormwater and Logging Roads in the Tillamook State Forest The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a long-awaited decision on the Oregon Department of Forestry’s management of logging roads and stormwater in the Tillamook State Forest.  In the western...

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    EPA Ordered to Reform Office of Civil Rights To Address Environmental Degradation

    Obama Official Orders Reforms in EPA Office of Civil Rights For over five years now, the Crag Law Center has represented the Rosemere Neighborhood Association of Vancouver, Washington.  Rosemere Neighborhood Association filed a complaint with the US EPA that detailed how the City of Vancouver...

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