by Maura Fahey | Jul 13, 2015 | Features, Native Fish News, News
Last Friday, a Jackson County Hearings Officer denied an appeal of a floodplain permit for the removal of Fielder Dam in Evans Creek, a tributary to the Rogue River. Crag Law Center represented the permit applicant, Geos Institute, in defending the permit application...
by Ralph Bloemers | Jul 8, 2015 | Features, Land Use News, Native Fish News, News
County repeals controversial zoning ordinance that threatened the lands and waters around the Wild & Scenic White Salmon River. By Ralph Bloemers, Staff Attorney For over three years, river advocates have been celebrating the removal of Condit Dam from the White...
by Crag Law Center | Jul 7, 2015 | Climate Justice News, Features, News
Oregon’s Inability To Pass Comprehensive Climate Law Isn’t Stopping Young People From Standing Up For Their Right To A Healthy Future On behalf of our youth clients Kelsey Juliana and Olivia Chernaik, Crag filed an appeal today of Judge Karsten Rasmussen’s adverse...
by Oliver Stiefel | Jun 23, 2015 | Features, Wildlife News
A June 16, 2015 Memorandum issued by the State of Alaska Department of Fish and Game reported a 60% decline in the population of the Alexander Archipelago wolf in the Prince of Wales Island area between 2013 and 2014. The wolf species, endemic to the coastal...
by Crag Law Center | May 5, 2015 | Features, News, Public Lands News, Wildlife News
Crag Law Center is representing five environmental organizations in a lawsuit that challenges a plan to log the old-growth forests of Mitkof Island, near the Southeast Alaska community of Petersburg. On behalf of the groups, today Crag filed suit in Alaska District...
by Crag Law Center | Apr 16, 2015 | Features, News, Wildlife News
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service given August 2016 deadline to complete plan to ensure commercial agribusiness doesn’t harm refuge wildlife Medford, OR – Yesterday, a U.S. District Judge issued a ruling ordering the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to...