by Oliver Stiefel | May 7, 2020 | Newsletter
Old Growth in Southeast Alaska’s Tongass National Forest. (Photo courtesy of Oliver Stiefel) Signed into law by President Nixon in 1970, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) was designed to ensure “democratic decision making” by requiring federal...
by Meriel Darzen | Apr 30, 2020 | Features, Wildlife News
Crag Files Lawsuit to Protect Old Growth and Endangered Wildlife by Meriel Darzen | Apr 30, 2020 | Public Lands News, Wildlife News | Even as the country is hunkered down, weathering a massive crisis, the Trump administration is allowing destructive activities to...
by Crag Law Center | Mar 11, 2019 | Features, Where Are They Now?
In this edition of Where Are They Now, we interviewed Jessica Schafer, a Summer Associate and Legal Intern with Crag in 2006. She currently serves as the Pacific Wildway Director at the Wildlands Network. Jessica Schafer, once an intern at Crag in 2006, has been on...
by Oliver Stiefel | Aug 28, 2018 | Features, News, Public Lands News, The Wild News, Wildlife News
On January 3, 2019 Judge Marco Hernández of the Oregon Federal District Court ruled that a proposal to build a 137-mile Off-Road Vehicle trail system in the Ochoco National Forest would harm habitat for elk, wolves, and native fish. In a victory for public lands and...
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...