by Courtney Johnson | Oct 21, 2011 | Blog, Features, Land Use News, News
Oregon’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...
by Crag Law Center | Sep 29, 2011 | Blog, Climate Justice News, News
Watch 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...
by Courtney Johnson | Sep 23, 2011 | Blog
Longtime 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...
by Ralph Bloemers | Sep 16, 2011 | Blog, Features
Dennis 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 26 and drove...
by Courtney Johnson | Sep 2, 2011 | Blog
Curry 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 would...
by Crag Law Center | Aug 19, 2011 | Blog, Environmental Health News, Features, News
Over 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...
