by Patricia Donohue | Aug 12, 2020 | Public Lands News, Wild Victories, Wildlife News
Crag Thwarts Forest Service Proposal to Illegal Timber Sales in the Klamath River Basin 2020 Facing litigation that Crag filed on behalf of three conservation groups, the Forest Service withdrew its controversial and illegal approval of a timber sale threatening...
by Bridget O'Brien | Jul 27, 2020 | Victories, Wild Victories
Oregon Legislature Passes Groundbreaking Forestry Reform Bill 2020 On June 26, 2020, Crag played an influential role in the Oregon Legislature passing a bipartisan forestry reform bill called the Forest Aerial Spray Bill (SB 1602), which provides greater protections...
by Bridget O'Brien | Jul 14, 2018 | Victories, Wild Victories
Victory in the Beautiful Ochoco National Forest 2019 In January 2019, the Oregon Federal District Court ruled that a proposal to build a 137-mile Off-Road Vehicle (ORV) trail system in the Ochoco National Forest would harm habitat for elk, wolves, and native fish, and...
by Bridget O'Brien | Jul 14, 2018 | Victories, Wild Victories
Crag Saves Old-Growth and Wildlife in the Tongass Rainforest 2018 On November 28, 2018, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Forest Service’s plan to log in the Tongass rainforest once and for all. Crag’s clients Greenpeace and Cascadia Wildlands finally...
by Bridget O'Brien | Mar 5, 2016 | Victories, Wild Victories
Tongass Logging Project Suspended on Revilla Island 2016 In March of 2016, Crag successfully halted a commercial logging project that would have clear-cut 2,500 acres of the Tongass rainforest on Revillagigedo Island. Crag prepared a formal objection against the U.S....
by Bridget O'Brien | Aug 5, 2015 | Victories, Wild Victories
Forest Service Cancels Controversial Old-Growth Tongass Timber Sale 2015 In October 2015, on behalf of five environmental organizations, Crag won a case against the U.S. Forest Service’s authorization of a timber sale on Mitkof Island in Tongass National Forest, which...
