An armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Reserve in the southeastern portion of the State of Oregon in the USA took place between January 2, 2016, and February 11, 2016. I became fascinated with this test of governmental authority over public lands and followed the occupation and the aftermath as reflected in prior postings on this blog, which include:
MALHEUR NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE OCCUPATION /FEBRUARY 12, 2016
A LINGERING EFFECT OF THE MALHEUR NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE OCCUPATION /OCTOBER 18, 2016
PERSPECTIVE ON THE MALHEUR WILDLIFE PRESERVE OCCUPATION COURT "VICTORY" /NOVEMBER 9, 2016
ARMED MALHEUR WILDLIFE PRESERVE OCCUPIERS MADE FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT HISTORY /NOVEMBER 13, 2016
MALHEUR OCCUPIER RECEIVES A PRISON SENTENCE /NOVEMBER 17, 2017
MALHEUR OCCUPATION REFLECTED AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW OF GOVERNMENT LAND MANAGEMENT /NOVEMBER 23, 2017
ANOTHER MALHEUR OCCUPIER GOES TO PRISON /NOVEMBER 23, 2017
MALHEUR NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE OCCUPATION TWO YEARS LATER /JANUARY 19, 2018
SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF THE MALHEUR NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE OCCUPATION /FEBRUARY 12, 2018
ACQUITTALS AND SOFT SENTENCES FOR THE ARMED OCCUPATION OF OREGON’S MALHEUR NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE /APRIL 13, 2018
A FILM ABOUT THE OCCUPATION OF MALHEUR NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE / APRIL 27, 2018
On November 1, 2019, Joe Davidson of the Washington Post published in that paper an article about a U.S House of Representatives hearing called to examine threats against federal land management employees. It turns out that it was a former elected official from rural Oregon who was put at risk. The headline on the article reads: — Ammon Bundy, anti-government militant, accuses House witness in man’s death.
As reported in the article,
Dan Nichols, a hearing witness and a former county commissioner in sparsely populated Harney County, appeared last week before the House Natural Resources subcommittee on national parks, forests and public lands.
That prompted what reads like a veiled Facebook threat from Ammon Bundy, the 44-year-old anti-government militant who led the 2016 armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon. The occupation started as a protest about federal land policy.
