Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit challenging BLM's refusal to produce public information concerning its review of ONDA's citizen wilderness inventory report for Steens Mountain.

Jan. 25, '06 - ONDA settles with DOI/BLM in FOIA suit; agency agrees to produce additional documents concerning analysis in Andrews-Steens RMP of ONDA wilderness inventory information.

Dec. 16, '05 - ONDA files response (PDF* 166K) to government's motion for summary judgment, arguing that the BLM unlawfully withheld four documents concerning its analysis of ONDA's wilderness inventory, and employed an illegal cutoff date.

Oct. 19, '05 - ONDA seeks to compel production of Vaughn index so ONDA and court can assess BLM's claimed "deliberative process" exemptions for withholding 100+ pages of FOIA records. View the complaint (PDF* 45K), the motion (PDF* 21K), or the memo in support (PDF* 30K).