Lawsuit challenging BLM decision to adopt a land use plan for 4.6 million acres of public land in southeast Oregon, without inventorying for or considering the impacts to wilderness values, and without assessing alternative grazing levels or closing additional areas to damaging off-road vehicle use.

Nov. 17, '08 - Ninth Circuit panel grants parties' joint motion to stay proceedings while they discuss appropriate scope of the remand to BLM.

Sept. 29, '08 - ONDA responds to BLM's petition for panel rehearing, asking Court to retain its order setting aside the unlawful SEORMP, and to also issue an order barring harm to wilderness values while BLM completes its court-ordered revised land use plan.

Sept. 8, '08 - Court asks ONDA to respond to BLM's petition for rehearing.

Aug. 27, '08 - BLM petitions for panel rehearing as to remedy, asking court to leave the unlawful SEORMP in place.

July 14, '08 - Wilderness Victory! Ninth Circuit rules in ONDA's favor that BLM wrongly refused to evaluate impacts to wilderness values and orders agency to rewrite land use plan. See press release. 

Nov. 8, '07 - ONDA argues case before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Listen to the argument on the Ninth Circuit's website (type in case number 05-35931).

Dec. 6, '06 - ONDA files reply brief in Southeastern Oregon RMP appeal before Ninth Circuit, focusing on assessment of wilderness values and grazing and OHV issues.

June 8, '06 - ONDA files opening Ninth Circuit brief in appeal concerning Southeastern Oregon RMP, targeting wilderness resource, grazing allocation, and OHV designation issues.

Apr. 15, '05 - ONDA files objection to magistrate's findings and recommendation in SEORMP case, argues lawsuit is ripe for review and BLM failed to comply with mandatory FLPMA and NEPA duties.

Mar. 29, '05 - Magistrate Judge issues findings and recommends ONDA's motion for judgment be denied. ONDA to file objections, which will be reviewed by an Article III judge.

Nov. 26, '04 - ONDA argues BLM motion to strike declarations and ONDA Wilderness Inventory Report is without merit because materials will help court determine whether BLM failed to consider important factors in adopting SEORMP.

Nov. 23, '04 - ONDA files reply brief in Southeastern Oregon RMP case, arguing BLM failed to satisfy NEPA, FLPMA and Taylor Grazing Act duties, including duty to inventory for wilderness values on public lands.

Nov. 1, '04 - Court grants ONDA's motion to strike amicus curiae cattlemen's motions in SEORMP case.

Oct. 14, '04 - ONDA files reply in support of motion to strike improper cattlemen's motions. Argues cattlemen's status as amicus curiae precludes OCA from filing motions in lawsuit against BLM.

Sept. 21, '04 - ONDA asks court to strike motions by Amicus Curiae cattlemen's association, arguing that because cattlemen are not a party to the case, they cannot file motions.

July 8, '04 - ONDA files opening brief in SEORMP lawsuit. See the brief and the Gelbard (expert ecologist), Fite and Marlett declarations in support of ONDA's motion.

July 2, '04 - District court denies cattlemen's motion to reconsider court's earlier denial of request to intervene.

June 30, '04 - ONDA files reply memo asking Ninth Circuit to stay cattlemen's intervention appeal pending resolution of the issue in the district court.

June 8, '04 - ONDA moves to dismiss cattlemen's 9th Cir. appeal of district court's denial of motion to intervene.

Mar. 19, '04 - Court denies Oregon Cattlemen's Association's Motion to Intervene.

July 28, '03 - ONDA and two other groups file complaint against the BLM challenging agency's adoption of a new resource management plan for 4.6 million acres of public land in southeast Oregon including the Owyhee Canyonlands. View the press release.

Dec. 5, '01 - ONDA protests Proposed Southeast Oregon Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement.