by Crag Law Center | Mar 8, 2019 | Climate Justice News, Features
Crag takes youth climate case to the Oregon Supreme Court Crag Law Center is asking the Oregon Supreme Court to take up the case of Oregon youth who are suing the state government for failing to protect our shared natural resources from the devastating impacts of...
by Crag Law Center | Jan 15, 2019 | Features, News, Public Lands News, The Wild News, Victories, Wildlife News
In a victory for public lands, wildlife, and native fish, Judge Marco Hernández ruled that the Forest Service failed to satisfy its legal obligation to study the environmental impacts of a major new trail system for off-road vehicles, and to ensure that...
by Maura Fahey | Dec 28, 2018 | Fighting Fossil Fuels News, Land Use News, Victories
The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals rejected Columbia County’s second attempt to open 837 acres of high-value agricultural land along the Columbia River to industrial development. The Port of St. Helens proposes doubling the size of its rural Port Westward...
by Oliver Stiefel | Nov 29, 2018 | Features, News, Public Lands News, Wildlife News
Crag and clients Greenpeace and Cascadia Wildlands have scored a huge win for old-growth forests and wildlife in Southeast Alaska’s Tongass National Forest. Crag brought the “Islands Wolf” lawsuit against the Forest Service all the way back in 2008....
by Crag Law Center | Nov 13, 2018 | Features, News, Uncategorized
Crag Law Center (Crag) announced on November 13, 2018 that Courtney Johnson has been named the new Executive Director, effective immediately. Courtney succeeds Co-Founders and prior Co-Executive Directors Chris Winter and Ralph Bloemers, who have served in those roles...
by Oliver Stiefel | Aug 28, 2018 | Features, News, Public Lands News, The Wild News, Wildlife News
On January 3, 2019 Judge Marco Hernández of the Oregon Federal District Court ruled that a proposal to build a 137-mile Off-Road Vehicle trail system in the Ochoco National Forest would harm habitat for elk, wolves, and native fish. In a victory for public lands and...