by Crag Law Center | Jan 15, 2019 | Features, News, Public Lands News, The Wild News, Victories, Wildlife News
In a victory for public lands, wildlife, and native fish, Judge Marco Hernández ruled that the Forest Service failed to satisfy its legal obligation to study the environmental impacts of a major new trail system for off-road vehicles, and to ensure that...
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 10, 2018 | Features, Where Are They Now?
In this edition of Where are they Now, I interviewed Rebecca Fischer, a Law Clerk with Crag from 2015 to 2016. She is currently a Climate Guardian at WildEarth Guardians, a non-profit organization that protects and restores the wildlife, wild places, wild rivers, and...
by Crag Law Center | Jun 13, 2018 | Features, Native Fish News, Public Lands News
Today Crag Law Center along with Amy Atwood of The Center for Biological Diversity filed a complaint against the Oregon Department of Forestry for poor logging and road-use practices in the Tillamook and Clatsop state forests that harm threatened coho salmon through...
by Elizabeth Allen | Mar 5, 2018 | Features, The Way We Work
Sixty miles east of Portland, snow-covered Mt. Hood rises up from a million-acre forest. Over four million people visit this large forest every year, many coming for recreation to enjoy its beauty. Indeed, local nonprofit Bark brings Oregonians on Bark-About hikes in...