Subject: [Tweeters] re: situation at Malheur NWF
Date: Jan 3 16:33:04 2016
From: Mark Egger - m.egger at comcast.net


Here is a more complete and thoughtful run-down on the armed occupation of the Malheur NWR headquarters building. The group involved are right-wing fanatics, and their numbers are much smaller than originally posted. The entire article is very interesting, and some of these issues go way back, such as the historical over-grazing of federal lands by some local ranchers.

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2016/01/03/3735647/malheur-lake-oregon-militia-explainer/

For additional historical context, read Nancy and Denzel Ferguson?s excellent book, ?Sacred Cows at the Public Trough?. They used to work at Malheur, managing the field station as I recall? Some things have changed since then in Harney Co., some things not so much.

Mark