Appeals challenging BLM decisions to renew 10-year grazing permits without conducting any environmental analysis of the impacts of the authorized grazing on wilderness, fish and wildlife habitat and other public resources.

Sept. 8, '09 - BLM withdraws all 16 challenged grazing decisions for 31 allotments covering more than 1.2 million acres of public land on and around Steens Mountain. See press release.

Feb. 6, '09 - ONDA appeals BLM CE grazing permit decisions for Alvord allotments and for Burnt Flat allotments on and around Steens Mountain.

Dec. 31, '08 - ONDA appeals latest BLM CE grazing permit decision for the Pollock Allotment, which overlaps with ONDA's Coffin Butte and Quail Creek proposed WSAs on north Steens Mountain.

Nov. 13, '08 - ONDA administratively appeals two more BLM decisions to renew grazing permits on the Serrano Point, Fields and Starr FFR allotments, situated on the eastern side of Steens Mountain and the Pueblo Mountains.

June 9, '08 - ONDA administratively appeals BLM decision to renew a grazing permit for several allotments in the Trout Creek Mountains south of Steens Mountain.

May 2, '08 - Office of Hearings and Appeals grants the parties' joint motion to consolidate these two appeals and to stay the proceedings pending the outcome of Western Watersheds Project v. Lane in the District of Idaho.

Mar. 13, '08 - ONDA administratively appeals BLM decision to renew a grazing permit for the Chimney Allotment on Steens Mountain, without environmental analysis pursuant to BLM's 2007 Rangeland Management CE authority.

Mar. 5, '08 - ONDA administratively appeals BLM decision to renew a grazing permit for the Pueblo-Lone Mountain Allotment without environmental analysis pursuant to BLM's 2007 Rangeland Managment CE authority.