by Megan Gleason | Aug 28, 2023 | Wild Victories
Victory for mature and old-growth forests last updated August 30, 2023 Victory! Judge invalidates Trump era Forest Service decision to repeal the Eastside Screens 21″ rule, protecting large trees like this one in the Ochoco National Forest. Photo by Jim Davis. Huge...
by Crag Law Center | Apr 12, 2022 | Community Victories, Wild Victories
Big Trees Saved in the Little Butte Creek Watershed 2022 Photos courtesy of Kelsey Furman. Conservation lawsuit convinces BLM to pull controversial timber sale An old-growth forest near Medford, Oregon is off the chopping block for the time being thanks to a legal...
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 Crag Law Center | Aug 26, 2014 | Features, News, Wildlife News
Today, the Crag Law Center filed a new lawsuit to stop a Forest Service project that would log more than 6,000 acres of irreplaceable old-growth temperate rainforest in Southeast Alaska. The Big Thorne timber sale is planned on the Tongass National Forest and would...
by Courtney Johnson | Apr 11, 2014 | Blog, Features
Since our founding in 2001, Crag’s attorneys have been using our environmental laws, including the Northwest Forest Plan, to protect our old-growth forests, clean water, and wild places. Before that, other environmental pioneers and advocates forged the path...