by CRAG Law Center | Sep 7, 2012 | Blog, Environmental Health News, Native Fish News
Across the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a spider web of logging roads crisscrosses the landscape from the steep hillsides of headwater areas to the lower elevation valleys. Each fall, iconic runs of salmon return to these watersheds, instinctively drawn to the...
by Ralph Bloemers | Aug 15, 2012 | Blog, Land Use News
Oregon winegrowers know the importance of preserving prime agricultural land. Oregon’s land use laws are the reason the wine industry exists today. Without the establishment of Exclusive Farm Use zoning and Oregon’s comprehensive land use system, the hillsides the...
by CRAG Law Center | Jul 2, 2012 | Environmental Justice News, News
On July 2, 2012 the Crag Law Center and Organizing People-Activating Communities (OPAL) launched a lawsuit challenging the Columbia River Crossing project on behalf of an environmental justice community living on Hayden Island. Local citizens living in the low-income...
by Ralph Bloemers | May 2, 2012 | Environmental Health News, Features, News
Almost a half century ago, a company that is now owned by Bayer Cropscience made and profited from the sale of toxic chemicals known as Agent Orange that were used in the Vietnam War. The Department of Defense bought tens of millions of gallons of Agent...
by Ralph Bloemers | Mar 6, 2012 | Blog, Features, Land Use News, Native Fish News, News
The Crag Law Center represents the Friends of the White Salmon River, the Friends of the Columbia Gorge and Citizens for Common Sense on the White Salmon in a challenge to a proposal floated by Klickitat County to rezone over 1,000 acres of land in the White Salmon...
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...
