Association of O&C Counties Statement on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Decision in the Cascade Siskiyou Monument Case
Today, a divided three judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court upheld President Obama’s expansion of the Siskiyou National Monument to encompass approximately 40,000 acres of O&C timberlands. All three judges unanimously rejected the Biden Administration’s argument that the proclamation was not judicially reviewable. However, the judges split 2-1 on the question of whether the…