by Suzanne Savell | Oct 21, 2021 | Communities News, Features
Crag challenges Columbia County’s third attempt to rezone hundreds of acres to Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals On behalf of Columbia Riverkeeper and 1000 Friends of Oregon, Crag filed a legal challenge to Columbia County’s controversial decision to rezone over 830...
by Patricia Donohue | May 22, 2019 | Climate Victories, Victories
Oregon Farmland Protected from Proposed Methanol Refinery at Port Westward! 2019 On May 22, 2019, the Oregon Court of Appeals upheld the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals’ finding that Columbia County failed to comply with Oregon’s land use law by doubling...
by Elliott Davis | Aug 2, 2018 | Public Lands, Water Conservation, Wildlife
Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge Complex The Klamath Basin, spanning southern Oregon and northern California, contains five National Wildlife Refuges established to protect fish, wildlife, and waterfowl habitat. The Klamath Refuges serve as some of the most...
by Crag Law Center | May 9, 2018 | Communities News, Fighting Fossil Fuels News, Land Use News
Take a drive down the winding rural roads north of Clatskanie, Oregon. Meandering through this part of Columbia County, one cannot help but feel a sense of appreciation while observing some of the best farmland in the country. On these agricultural lands in the...
by McKenna Ganz | Aug 6, 2015 | Features, The Way We Work
In this installment of The Way We Work, we speak with Sid Friedman from Friends of Yamhill County. Crag Law Center has been working with Friends of Yamhill County through various land use projects, a large part of our work here at Crag. Crag has had dozens of these...
