CLIMATE NEWS
Crag Joins City of Portland to Defend Denial of Zenith
Willamette and Columbia Riverkeepers Intervene at LUBA to Reinforce Portland’s Denial of Zenith’s Oil-by-Rail Facility On behalf of our clients Willamette Riverkeeper and Columbia Riverkeeper, Crag filed a Motion to Intervene in support of the City of Portland's...
Dredging Permits Denied for Jordan Cove Fracked Gas Terminal
Dredging Permits Denied for Jordan Cove LNG Terminal2021Oregon Court Strikes Down Two Additional Permits for Jordan Cove LNG The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals reverses two local dredging permits for the fledgling Jordan Cove LNG project citing impacts to the Coos...
Victory Over Fracked Gas Power Plant
Victory Over Fracked Gas Power Plant2021With the cancellation of the Perennial Wind Chaser power plant, scenes like this from the natural gas-fired Chehalis Generation Facility in Washington won’t be coming to Hermiston any time soon. Photo by Steven Baltakatei...
COMMUNITIES NEWS
Another Victory against Jordan Cove LNG for Coasts, Communities, and the Climate
Another Victory Against Jordan Cove LNG for Coasts, Communities, and the Climate 2021On February 8th, 2021 Crag won another victory against the proposed Jordan Cove liquified natural gas export terminal and fracked gas pipeline in Southern Oregon. The US...
Victory for Roosevelt Elk – Chiloquin, Oregon
Victory for Forests & Elk - Chiloquin, Oregon 2020Roosevelt Elk - Photo by Stephen Baker, BLM Oregon On December 10, 2020, the Land Use Board of Appeals ruled in favor of our community clients, finding that Klamath County failed to justify its decision to approve...
Glamping Proposal Along the White Salmon River Stalled
Glamping Proposal Along the White Salmon River Stalled 2020In October 2020, Crag and other conservation groups successfully petitioned for Klickitat County to reconsider Under Canvas’s permit application to build a glamping resort along the Wild & Scenic White...
THE WILD NEWS
Crag files lawsuit to stop illegal logging after fires
Remote road proposed for logging. Photo by Ralph Bloemers.Forest Service’s aggressive post-fire logging project is wrong approach for recovering forests. On August 18, Crag filed a new lawsuit alleging that the Willamette National Forest violated a series of...
Crag Protects Sensitive Riparian Habitat in the Ochoco National Forest
Crag Protects Sensitive Riparian Habitat in the Ochoco National Forest2021Crag Protects Sensitive Riparian Habitat in the Ochoco National Forest Streams, wetlands, and other sensitive riparian areas will be excluded from logging in the Forest Service's Black Mountain...
Crag Thwarts Forest Service Illegal Old-Growth Sale in the Klamath National Forest
Crag Thwarts Forest Service Proposal to Illegal Timber Sales in the Klamath River Basin2020Facing litigation that Crag filed on behalf of three conservation groups, the Forest Service withdrew its controversial and illegal approval of a timber sale threatening...