by Crag Law Center | Jul 16, 2021 | Blog, Crag Blog
Protections for Tongass National Forest Spark Hope by Crag Law Center | July 16, 2021 Tongass National Forest in Alaska scored a major win, thanks to the Biden administration. On July 14, the Agriculture Department announced the administration would “repeal or...
by Oliver Stiefel | Nov 29, 2018 | Features, News, Public Lands News, Wildlife News
Crag and clients Greenpeace and Cascadia Wildlands have scored a huge win for old-growth forests and wildlife in Southeast Alaska’s Tongass National Forest. Crag brought the “Islands Wolf” lawsuit against the Forest Service all the way back in 2008....
by Elliott Davis | Jul 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
The Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska, known as the “crown jewel” of the National Forest System, is America’s largest and wildest national forest. Nearly 17 million acres in size, the Tongass is the largest intact temperate rainforest on Earth. The...
by Oliver Stiefel | Jul 22, 2016 | Public Lands News
In 1879 on his first trip to Southeast Alaska in what is now the Tongass National Forest, naturalist and wilderness lover John Muir was overcome by the dramatic landscape. He first witnessed the region from aboard a passenger ship, sailing through the island...
by Oliver Stiefel | Apr 15, 2016 | Features, Public Lands News, Wildlife News
On behalf of five environmental groups, Crag this week filed suit against the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in federal district court to force supplemental analysis on the environmental consequences of the Ketchikan-to-Shelter-Cove road project...