'A timeframe for implementing new management priorities consistent with the court's ruling is yet to be determined. However, when those new priorities are in place in the form of a new management plan, the impacts for O&C counties and adjacent timber dependent communities could be significant.' On Nov. 25, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon ruled in favor of the Association of O&C Counties in a lawsuit brought by the association challenging the federal management plan applicable to O&C lands.