OR siege: Vandalism, intimidation of civilians on the rise, sheriff says

Shea visited the Bundy ranch during that standoff.

Rep. Matt Shea, R-Spokane Valley, and Graham Hunt, R-Orting, were part of the delegation that met with local officials as well as protesters who seek to return the refuge – as well many other federal lands – to local control.

Ward has listened to residents at community meetings and has met with Bundy to ask the armed men to leave the refuge.

Although the location for the meeting is yet to be determined, Finicum says anyone is welcome to attend.

Militia leader Ammon Bundy reportedly said his group’s members had not breached the computers.

“Harney County is not a wealthy county”, county spokeswoman Laura Cleland said Tuesday, adding it was “on a very strict budget”.

Though their case set off the occupation, the Hammonds have distanced themselves from the Bundy’s group.

State Rep. Matt Shea recently visited an OR wildlife refuge that is occupied by armed protesters who want some federal lands turned over to local residents.

The militant ranchers now occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Burns, Oregon, have survived glitter bombs, vegan jerky, black eyes, stinging betrayals, and erotic fanfiction, but even these hardened rebels are getting exhausted of living off snacks.

It started out as a protest against the sentencing of Dwight Hammond and his son Steven, two ranchers convicted of arson on federal lands in Oregon.

“The fact is there is there is an hourglass, and it’s running”. And law enforcement still isn’t saying what, if any, action it might be planning to take against the militants, reports Amanda Peacher of Oregon Public Broadcasting.

Photo/Rick Bowmer A “Dont Tread On Me” flag flies at the entrance of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns, Ore.

“While not direct physical threats, these activities are clearly created to try to intimidate”, the statement said.

Earlier this week, several members of the group occupying the wildlife refuge traveled to neighboring Grant County to ask the sheriff there to travel to Harney County to voice his support.

“I came here from New Mexico to speak on behalf of sportsmen, to speak on behalf of people that love land and wildlife, to come to tell these people to get the hell off of our land”, he said.