Wild Victories

Crag Protects Rivers from Logging Road Runoff in Groundbreaking Case

In August 2010, Crag secured a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that rainwater channeled by logging roads into rivers is pollution and can be regulated under the Clean Water Act. Now, the Oregon Department of Forestry can no longer channel polluted stormwater into rivers and streams.

200,000 Acres of Wilderness and Water Source Area Protected on Mt. Hood

In 2009, Crag Law Center helped usher the Mt. Hood Wilderness legislation through Congress and to President Obama’s desk. The legislation adopted a hard-fought settlement that was intended to permanently protect the North side of Mt. Hood at Cooper Spur.

Win! ‘RV’ Development Stopped on the Coquille River

In 2008, Crag defeated a proposed subdivision along the banks of the Coquille River near Bandon, Oregon, protecting dozens of acres of rural land and preserving the river’s water quality and native wildlife.

Crag Helps Iñupiat Communities Stop Offshore Drilling

In 2008, Crag won a landmark victory for the indigenous Iñupiat communities of the North Slope and the Arctic environment. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down Royal Dutch Shell’s offshore exploration plan in the Beaufort Sea because of potential impacts to Iñupiat subsistence traditions.

Old Growth in Blue Mountains Protected

After the School fire burned in the Washington portion of the Blue Mountains in 2005, the Forest Service proposed to log live growth trees. Crag acted quickly to protect them.

Old Growth Forest Saved from Post-Fire Logging in the Strawberry Mountains

Crag successfully challenged the post-fire logging of wilderness areas in the Strawberry Mountains, proving that the trees – and the expert attesting to their health – were alive.