Board hears ONC/BLM RMP concerns, recent litigation outcomes and proposed litigation fund

Jun 25, 2026

Board members were briefed on ONC/BLM resource-management-plan delays, tribal concerns about ESA protections, a recent favorable judgment on the Last Chance project, and a regional proposal to create a $150,000 litigation fund split among member counties.

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Michelle Roberts reported on recent ONC sessions about the Bureau of Land Management resource-management-plan (RMP) rewrite and related litigation. She said the Coquille Tribe is "very much concerned about ESA protections," that the RMP draft release had been delayed and that tens of thousands of public comments were submitted (Roberts cited roughly 96,000 comments, many repetitive).

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