Oath Keepers standing down from Sugar Pine Mine, awaiting appeal decision.

Galice, Ore. — Armed members of the Oath Keepers in Josephine county are standing down from the Sugar Pine Mine in Galice tonight.

Last night the Interior Board of Land Appeals announced that they will grant the mine owner’s request to place BLM enforcement on hold.

The stay will last until a decision is made whether or not the BLM holds surface rights to the mine, or decides whether those rights were grandfathered-in to the mine’s owners.

The Oath Keepers tell NBC 5 News they’re happy the BLM is taking the right steps and they’re in the process of moving their security people away from the mine and down to the staging area.

Crews have been living on the property with a lot of equipment, so it’s not known how long the process will take.