by Courtney Johnson | Oct 11, 2012 | Blog, News
For over two years, Crag attorneys Ralph Bloemers and Courtney Johnson have been working with local farmers on Grand Island to protect the island from a proposed new gravel pit mine. Yesterday, the Land Use Board of Appeals issued its decision, finding that Yamhill...
by Courtney Johnson | Jan 27, 2012 | Blog
Yesterday, the Port of St. Helens approved agreements with two companies to export coal to Asia — potentially as much as 38 tons per year. Other ports including Portland, Vancouver, Tacoma, and Kalama have all recently rejected similar bids to export coal from...
by Crag Law Center | Dec 21, 2011 | Blog, Climate Justice News, Features, News
The Winter Solstice – the darkest day of the year – is my favorite holiday. It offers the opportunity to reflect on the darkness of the past four seasons, to embrace that darkness and all it has taught us, and to let the darkness go and quest for light and hope. The...
by Courtney Johnson | Oct 21, 2011 | Blog, Features, Land Use News, News
Oregon’s epic battle over land use and property rights in Measure 37 and Measure 49 closed a chapter this week. Yesterday, the Oregon Supreme Court issued its decision in Friends of Yamhill County v. Board of Commissioners of Yamhill County, finding that...
by Ralph Bloemers | Sep 1, 2010 | Blog, Features, Land Use News, News
In a decision issued today, the Oregon Court of Appeals took a big step to preserve Oregon farm and forest lands from large developments proposed under former Measure 37 claims. The Court reversed Yamhill County’s decision allowing a large development in Yamhill...
