by Megan Gleason | Feb 28, 2023 | The Wild News, Victories, Wild Victories
Victory for coho salmon in Oregon state forests Legal Agreement will bring new protections from logging to Oregon Coast coho salmon last updated April 13, 2023 The settlment increases protections for the threatened coho salmon, whose population has been reduced to 5%...
by Crag Law Center | Nov 27, 2012 | Features, News, Public Lands News, Wildlife News
Eleven timber sales and all logging activities in known occupied marbled murrelet sites in the Tillamook, Clatsop, and Elliott State Forests have been halted due to the threat of harm to marbled murrelets – a threatened seabird that is protected under the Endangered...
by Crag Law Center | Apr 13, 2011 | Blog
In an April 9 editorial, the Oregonian strongly criticizes two recent bills that would gut protections for Oregon’s state forestlands. These misguided proposals come at a critical time for our state forests, and the editorial shined a light on a long-standing dispute...
by Ralph Bloemers | Aug 17, 2010 | Blog, Features, Native Fish News, News, Public Lands News
Appeals Court Issues Landmark Ruling on Stormwater and Logging Roads in the Tillamook State Forest The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a long-awaited decision on the Oregon Department of Forestry’s management of logging roads and stormwater in the Tillamook...
by Crag Law Center | Dec 5, 2008 | Blog
We recently wrote about Crag’s work on the Tillamook State Forest, which attempts to address the discharge of sediment and stormwater from logging roads used to haul timber to the mills. This week Michael Milstein from the Oregonian wrote a good article on the...