Lawsuit challenging BLM grazing plan within one of two remaining sage- grouse strongholds left in North America, in the West Little Owyhee River country.

Oct. 12, '11 -  ONDA argues the case before a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

June 17, '11 - ONDA responds to BLM's objections to a speedy ruling.

June 6, '11 - ONDA files reply brief and requests Court to rule on the appeal expeditiously, without argument.

Apr. 13, '11 - ONDA files opening Ninth Circuit brief.

Feb 27, '11 - ONDA files reply in support of emergency motion.

Feb. 24, '11 - ONDA files emergency motion for stay and injunction pending appeal, with the Ninth Circuit.

Feb. 17, '11 - ONDA files motion for injunction pending appeal asking district court to enjoin grazing and order removal of already-built range projects pending a Ninth Circuit decision on the merits of ONDA's appeal.

Feb. 16, '11 - After district court rules case is moot based on new BLM decision, ONDA appeals to the Ninth Circuit.

Dec. 24, '10 - ONDA files reply in support of motion for summary judgment.

Dec. 16, '10 - ONDA opposes BLM's motion to strike expert declarations highlighting negative impacts to sage-grouse from agency's grazing plan.

Nov. 8, '10 - ONDA successfully opposes BLM's latest attempt to stay the litigation.

Oct. 13, '10 - ONDA files opening summary judgment brief, arguing BLM failed to properly address the 2009 sage-grouse monograph and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's recent decision that sage-grouse warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act. See also Declaration of Dr. David Dobkin, Ph.D., and maps showing the impact of BLM's proposed range projects on this sage-grouse habitat stronghold and as they relate to the threat of sage-grouse exposure to fatal West Nile virus.

June 7, '10 - ONDA files amended complaint, focusing on impacts to sage grouse and sagebrush habitat under BLM's revised grazing plan.

Jan. 8, '10 - Joint status report.

Dec. 1, '09 - Western Watersheds Project files protest challenging BLM's revised grazing plan.

May 14, '09 - BLM and ONDA enter into renewed stipulation under which project construction ban remains in place for 2009.

Mar. 31, '08 - ONDA comments on BLM's supplemental environmental analysis concerning impacts of range projects on inventoried wilderness values.

Mar. 20, '08 - BLM and ONDA enter into renewed stipulation, agreeing that agency will not construct certain range projects until litigation is resolved.

Mar. 3, '08 - Both ONDA and BLM file status reports with Court concerning agency's wilderness inventory progress and 2008 on-the-ground activities.

Oct. 26, '07 - BLM evaluation agrees that most ONDA-inventoried areas do possess outstanding wilderness values.

Oct. 19, '07 & Jan. 22, '08 - BLM files a first and second status report with the court, with updates on agency's wilderness inventory and supplemental NEPA analysis in response to ONDA's lawsuit.

June 18, '07 - Court stays litigation while BLM prepares additional wilderness analysis in response to ONDA's lawsuit.

Apr. 27 '07 - ONDA files opposition to defendants' motion to stay litigation while BLM augments its wilderness analysis.

Mar. 1, '07 - Court grants ONDA's motion to compel production of administrative record.

Feb. 28, '07 - Rangeland projects in sage grouse habitat and wilderness-quality public lands stopped: BLM agrees to halt further construction and to not use many already-completed projects (pipelines, troughs) for 2007 grazing season in Louse Canyon area. See map and project lists 1 & 2.

Jan. 29, '07 - ONDA asks court to compel BLM to file administrative record in Louse Canyon case after agency refuses to do so; BLM instead wants to conduct "additional analysis" of wilderness values to patch up faulty EA.

Sept. 20-21, '06 - ONDA files motion asking court to stop rangeland projects (see map) in ONDA-inventoried areas with wilderness values; BLM agrees not to implement project this fall.

Sept. 14, '06 - ONDA files suit over BLM rangeland project in Louse Canyon, challenging agency's failure to inventory for and consider wilderness values, failure to assess grazing suitability, and failure to protect water quality.

Sept. 7, '05 - ONDA files Supplemental Statement of Reasons.

Aug. 10, '05 - ONDA files Notice of Appeal, Statement of Reasons, and Petition for Stay.

Oct. 15, '04 - ONDA submits comments on Louse Canyon Geographic Management Area EA project, which would build many miles of fencing and pipelines within ONDA-proposed Wilderness Study Areas in the rugged Owyhee Canyonlands.