by Crag Law Center | Aug 3, 2011 | News, Public Lands News, Wildlife News
Crag recently won a key victory in the fight to preserve old-growth forest and wildlife habitat in the Tongass National Forest. In the case – Greenpeace v. Cole – the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals threw out four old-growth timber sales that would have logged...
by Crag Law Center | Jul 15, 2011 | Blog, Features, Native Fish News, News
Logging roads kill fish – its been proven time and time again by EPA, state agencies, and independent scientists – and dedicated fishermen will tell you the same thing. Heavily roaded watersheds often have depressed fish populations, because those roads generate...
by Crag Law Center | Jun 15, 2011 | Blog
I love getting outside more than anything in the world. Over the last several years I have spent nearly all of my free time tromping around in the woods, skiing remote mountains, wandering the pacific coastline, slinking through desert formations, and viewing the...
by Ralph Bloemers | Jul 20, 2010 | Blog, Features, Land Use News, News
In a decision issued today, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals took a big step to preserve Oregon farm and forest lands from large developments proposed under former Measure 37 claims. The Court reversed an Oregon District Court decision that found that Measure 37...
by Ralph Bloemers | Feb 6, 2009 | Blog
(Medford, Oregon) Livable Communities – Program Update. On Wednesday February 4, 2009, Judge Owen M. Panner issued a decision enjoining his earlier judgment that determined that a number of claims under former Measure 37 continued to be valid and...