by Courtney Johnson | Jun 6, 2014 | Blog, Features
Many of you may have heard the news last month that OR-7 — Oregon’s wandering wolf — had been spotted hanging out with a female wolf in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest in Southern Oregon. Those reports garnered hope that perhaps the pair...
by Courtney Johnson | May 16, 2014 | Blog, Features
Climate change is in the news again lately. Last week we saw the release of the White House’s third National Climate Assessment, reporting that communities across the U.S. are experiencing impacts of climate change today, in various ways. From heat waves in...
by Courtney Johnson | Apr 23, 2014 | Features, Land Use News, News
In a decision issued yesterday, the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals rejected Jackson County’s approval of an asphalt batch plant operating without any land use permits in the floodway of Bear Creek near Talent, Oregon. Crag filed the appeal on behalf of Rogue...
by Courtney Johnson | Apr 11, 2014 | Blog, Features
Since our founding in 2001, Crag’s attorneys have been using our environmental laws, including the Northwest Forest Plan, to protect our old-growth forests, clean water, and wild places. Before that, other environmental pioneers and advocates forged the path...
by Courtney Johnson | Mar 7, 2014 | Blog, Features
In addition to the regulatory framework that governs decision-making for individual development proposals, Oregon’s land use laws include a process for future planning for the growth of cities and, concurrently, the protection of rural areas around those cities....
