by Courtney Johnson | Jan 25, 2013 | Features, News
Years of work and collaboration by state and federal agencies, fishermen and crabbers, local coastal governments, conservation groups, and statewide interests came together this week as Oregon approved a Territorial Sea Plan that designates and maps important...
by Courtney Johnson | Oct 11, 2012 | Blog, News
For over two years, Crag attorneys Ralph Bloemers and Courtney Johnson have been working with local farmers on Grand Island to protect the island from a proposed new gravel pit mine. Yesterday, the Land Use Board of Appeals issued its decision, finding that Yamhill...
by Courtney Johnson | Mar 30, 2012 | Blog, Water Conservation News
This week Crag Law Center filed protests of two Water Resources Department decisions that start the approvals process for a Nestlé water bottling plant in the Columbia Gorge. The decisions under protest are integral to a water rights exchange between the Oregon...
by Courtney Johnson | Feb 8, 2012 | Blog
Our Ocean, a coalition of conservation groups in Oregon, including Crag clients Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition and Surfrider, has been working for years to set aside small areas of the State’s ocean waters for a network of marine reserves and protected...
by Courtney Johnson | Jan 27, 2012 | Blog
Yesterday, the Port of St. Helens approved agreements with two companies to export coal to Asia — potentially as much as 38 tons per year. Other ports including Portland, Vancouver, Tacoma, and Kalama have all recently rejected similar bids to export coal from...
