by Crag Law Center | May 9, 2018 | Communities News, Fighting Fossil Fuels News, Land Use News
Take a drive down the winding rural roads north of Clatskanie, Oregon. Meandering through this part of Columbia County, one cannot help but feel a sense of appreciation while observing some of the best farmland in the country. On these agricultural lands in the...
by Ralph Bloemers | May 7, 2018 | Climate News, Land Use News
For over a decade, Crag has been working with local communities to hold the line against new fossil fuel terminals and pipelines along the Oregon Coast, including in Coos Bay and the lower Columbia River estuary. Even though the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission...
by Maura Fahey | Mar 13, 2018 | Communities News, Land Use News, News
Today, the Washington Court of Appeals affirmed a decision of the Growth Management Hearings Board (the board) that invalidated actions of the City of Monroe, WA to rezone 43 acres of open land for intense commercial development along the Skykomish River. Crag...
by Maura Fahey | Dec 16, 2017 | Communities News, Land Use News
On December 14, the Oregon Supreme Court issued an opinion in a long-running dispute between neighbors and Jackson County over the enforcement of state and local land use laws. In a joining opinion, two Justices of the Court, including Chief Justice Thomas Balmer,...
by Courtney Johnson | Nov 28, 2017 | Coastal Law Project News, Fighting Fossil Fuels News, Land Use News
On November 27, 2017, Crag and our client Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition secured another major victory in the long running fight against fossil fuel infrastructure in Oregon. The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) issued a unanimous decision rejecting Coos...
by Crag Law Center | Apr 6, 2017 | Features, Land Use News
Crag is excited to welcome Scott Hilgenberg to our legal team. As our new Land Use Fellow, Scott will help community groups better understand and engage in Oregon’s Statewide Land Use and Planning Goals and the overall land use system. Scott will be working in...
