Federal Government Policy and Business

The federal land occupied by an armed group in Oregon is one of the first wildlife sanctuaries in the U.S.

The Washington Post: The national wildlife sanctuary at the center of a standoff by armed protesters in a remote stretch of the West is widely known as a mecca for birders in the high desert of southeast Oregon, created by the federal government 107 years ago.

Malheur National Wildlife Refuge stands as a symbol of the kind of federal land preservation under fire by a group of anti-government activists who object to federal control of the vast acres of land in the West. Malheur, managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, was created by President Theodore Roosevelt, expanded and nurtured by the government and now hosts more than 320 bird species, a huge draw for bird lovers in a single location.

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