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Trump Pardons Hammonds

The two Oregon ranchers’ sentences were the catalyst for the armed Malheur takeover
Chris Miller

On July 10, the president signed Executive Grants of Clemency for Dwight Lincoln Hammond Jr. and son Steven Hammond, previously given five-year prison sentences for starting fires in eastern Oregon on Bureau of Land Management land in 2012. The Hammonds’ 2015 sentencing led to the 41-day occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in January […]

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BLM fee free day

Get out in the wilderness on MLK Day
Chris Miller

Nothing to do with Monday off? Head out to a Bureau of Land Management recreation site for a day of waived fees. “On Monday, to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the BLM invites families to spend the day together enjoying America’s rich public lands heritage,” Brian Steed, BLM Deputy Director said. […]

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Groups Protest BLM Plan

Oregon Wild advocacy volunteers organize
Sherron Lumley

More than half of the forests that once covered the Earth are gone, and each year, more disappear. Though many are aware of deforestation in South America, far fewer realize that it is happening right here in Oregon. The Bureau of Land Management posted an official protest period of April 16 to May 16, as […]

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The Last Golden Eagle in England Has Vanished

Federal Eagle Protection Act ignored in Central Oregon land sale
Jim Anderson

England: Birthplace of Shakespeare and The Beatles, home of Parliament and the Tower of London, but there are no longer any golden eagles living there. Who’d have thought, with all the hard work of the Royal Society for the Preservation of Birds (RSPB), that they’d lose the magnificent bird of prey so steeped in the […]

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Happy 15th Birthday to The Steens Mountain Wilderness

Celebrate the momentous occasion at ONDA’s Wild & Scenic Film Festival
Kevin Sperl

The term “wilderness” typically conjures up images of a forested landscape buried deep in the mountains of Oregon. Fifteen years ago a new type of Oregon wilderness was born when the Steens Mountain Wilderness was so designated by Congress in 2000, via the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management & Protection Act. Managed by the Bureau of […]

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