The twisted roots of U.S. land policy in the West
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) was often referred to as the Bureau of Livestock and Mining in the 19th century.U.S. Bureau of Land Management, CC BY-SAThe seizure of a Malheur National Wildlife Refuge building in southeastern Oregon by armed and self-styled “constitutionalists” was disturbing. To many it is viewed as a dangerous...
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