by Oliver Stiefel | Nov 18, 2015 | News, Public Lands News
Forest Service Backs Down, Cancels Controversial Tongass Old-growth Timber Sale PETERSBURG, Alaska— The U.S. Forest Service has formally withdrawn its March authorization of the Mitkof Island Project — a large, 35-million-board-foot timber sale — through documents...
by Crag Law Center | Nov 7, 2015 | Features, Water Conservation News
This Friday, Governor Brown requested that the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife pull back from fast-tracking a proposal to trade water rights with the City of Cascade Locks to facilitate a commercial bottling operation run by Nestle. The proposal has been on the...
by Maura Fahey | Oct 6, 2015 | News, Water Conservation News
On September 11, 2015 a newly formed group, Local Water Alliance, filed a proposed ballot measure in Hood River County for the purpose of protecting local water supplies for residential and agricultural uses and preserving resources for future generations. The...
by Maura Fahey | Oct 1, 2015 | Environmental Health News, Land Use News, News
Earlier today, Crag filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Rogue Advocates against the Mountain View Paving asphalt batch plant to enforce the company’s Clean Air Act permit for the protection of the surrounding community. The lawsuit comes in the wake of last...
by Maura Fahey | Oct 1, 2015 | Environmental Health News, Features, News
Yesterday a federal court in California denied a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging its allowance of pesticide-contaminated compost in organic food production without a formal rulemaking and a public comment period. Crag...
by Maura Fahey | Sep 25, 2015 | Features, Land Use News, News
Yesterday Crag secured a favorable decision from a Jackson County Hearings Officer denying land use approval for an asphalt batch plant operation near Talent, Oregon. Crag client, Rogue Advocates, and local residents have spent over four years fighting to stop the...
