Our Blog
We at Crag value our deep connections to the people and places of the Pacific Northwest. These connections motivate the work that we do protecting the Pacific Northwest’s communities and natural legacy. Crag’s blog is a space where Crag attorneys, interns and volunteers write more personally about our work. In addition to our regular blog, we have created two blog series that highlight the work and perspectives of our clients and our former volunteers.
Client Voices (formerly The Way We Work) showcases our partner organizations and the work we do together.
Where Are They Now? highlights our former interns and how Crag has helped train the next generation of environmental leaders.
Supporter Spotlight tells stories of some of Crag’s long time supporters.
This land is your land, this land is my land
This land is your land, this land is my land by Lori Davidson | June 16, 2017 Oregon has been in the national news for a wide variety of reasons over the last months. We've seen Oregon become the first in the nation to pass a law that automatically registers...
Where Are They Now? Will Carlon
Will Carlon was a summer associate in 2014 and worked for staff attorney Maura Fahey. He researched case law, statutes, and regulations and drafted memoranda for cases involving water quality, land use, notice requirements, attorney’s fees, discovery issues, and...
Where Are They Now? Eric Swanson
While visiting Portland from the San Francisco Bay Area with his girlfriend in 2015, Eric Swanson had a chance to sit down for coffee and catch up with his former mentor, Ralph Bloemers. Eric Swanson first got interested in environmental law after studying...
Vivian Satterfield, OPAL Environmental Justice
Crag Law Center and OPAL Environmental Justice have worked together on transit rights and with disadvantaged communities. Crag and OPAL have attempted to give these communities a voice through legal aid. We sat down with Vivian Satterfield, Deputy Director, to learn...
Where Are They Now? Kelsey Skaggs
Kelsey Skaggs interned at Crag as a summer associate in 2014 after her first year of law school. Before attending law school at Harvard law, Kelsey studied international relations at the University of California, Davis. She grew up in Juneau, Alaska, which later had...
Where Are They Now? Erin Roohan
After growing up in New York City, working at Crag was the first time Erin Roohan had been to the West. This exposure to the West began her interest in western water and land issues and drove her to apply for her current job in Nevada as an attorney for the...
Where Are They Now? Kelly Damewood
Now living in Santa Cruz, California, Kelly Damewood is pursuing her passion for sustainable agriculture as the Policy Director for California Certified Organic Farmers. Kelly Damewood has been working for several years to support sustainable farming. After she...