Lawsuit challenging BLM decision to undertake broad scale range project in response to significant violations of rangeland health ecological standards, without properly evaluating impacts to wilderness values and important sage grouse habitat.

Mar. 16, '11 - Court agrees that ONDA is a "prevailing party" and should recover reasonable litigation costs for enforcing conservation laws.

Oct. 18, '10 - A victory for sage-grouse and wild places! Court grants parties' joint motion to dismiss case, as BLM bows to ONDA's legal pressure and withdraws all challenged grazing, range project, and vegetation treatment decisions. See press release.

June 25, '10 - ONDA files reply brief in support of motion to dismiss with instructions & response opposing BLM's competing motion to dismiss for mootness.

May 10, '10 - ONDA asks Court to dismiss case with instructions ordering BLM to complete new environmental analyses before allowing any grazing in 2011.

Jan. 8, '09 - Joint Status Report update to the court.

July 22, '08 - ONDA and BLM enter into stipulation under which agency agrees not to move forward with most NFMGMA projects, in order to avoid an ONDA injunction motion. See map showing locations of limited projects the parties agree may go forward.

May 13, '08 - ONDA and Western Watersheds Project file lawsuit in federal court, challenging grazing and vegetation treatment decisions.

Mar. 7, '08 - ONDA appeals BLM's grazing permit decisions for the North Fork Malheur GMA, focusing on impacts to wilderness values, inappropriate stocking rates, rangeland health standards violations, and impacts to water quality and sage grouse habitat.

Feb. 21, '08 - IBLA affirms BLM's final decision.

Nov. 20, '07 - ONDA/WWP file supplemental statement of reasons in support of administrative appeal.

Oct. 17, 07 - ONDA and WWP file appeal of BLM plan to cut and burn up to 84,000 acres of juniper in the North Fork Malheur River watershed. Much of the vegetative "treatments" would take place within the Lake Ridge proposed Wilderness Study Area. View supporting Miller Declaration.

June 22, '06 - ONDA submits further comments on North Fork Malheur GMA grazing plan.

Jan. 21, '05 - ONDA submits scoping comments on North Fork Malheur GMA grazing plan. See also allotments map.

Photo:  Lake Ridge Proposed Wilderness Study Area (ONDA)