More info on Steens Mountain

Steens Mining Controversy

A private consulting company, Enviroscientists Inc., which was hired by the BLM to help draft the management plan for the 1.6 million-acre Andrews Resource Management Area, has strong ties to the mining industry.

Steens-Alvord Citizens' Alternative

Nov 14, 2003 - Steens-Alvord Coalition

BLM Considering How To Manange Steens Mtn.

October 31, 2003 - Ley Garnett, OPB News

Congress members support funding NLCS - Tom Udall letter

April 13, 2004 - Letters from members of Congress in support of the National Lands Conservation System (includes Reps.

Congress members support funding NLCS - Scott McInnis-Rick Renzi letter

April 2, 2004 - Letters from members of Congress in support of the National Lands Conservation System.

National poll shows tremendous public support for President Clinton's designation of three new National Monuments

National poll shows tremendous public support for President Clinton's designation of three new National Monuments and for increased protection of wilderness lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management. With the end of the Clinton administration in sight, the President has let it be known that he wants to leave a land legacy. The Secretary of Interior, Bruce Babbitt, has been reviewing sites throughout the west for possible administrative protection, through the Antiquities Act of 1906. Steens is one of these sites.

Inholder Access on Steens Mountain

Sep 24, 2004 - Read a letter from the Steens-Alvord Coalition to Oregon's delegation, addressing troubling language included in both H.R. 4568 and S. 2805 (the FY2005 Interior and Related Appropriations Act).

Aspens in the Steens

December 2003 - Read an ecological assessment of aspen on Steens Mountain and future monitoring of the tree stands

Conservation group sells critical inholdings in Steens Mountain Wilderness

Sep 8, 2003 - ONDA acquires and sells two wilderness inholdings on Steens Mountain. The acquisition resolves potential access and development conflicts on the parcels

Proposed Resort Threatens Steens - ONDA factsheet

They're back! And this time they are claiming that their resort is a "school"! See ONDA's factsheet

Proposed Resort Threatens Steens - Press Release

They're back! And this time they are claiming that their resort is a "school"! See ONDA's press release on the development

The Wilderness Society Economic Study of Harney County

 

Steens Mountain - Alvord Basin, Objects of Historic and Scientific Interest

March 2, 2000 - The following report and maps outline objects of "historical and scientific interest" on Steens Mountain