January 27, 2017 Flashback: Did pressure from Oregon Governor Brown lead to killing of LaVoy Finicum? Brown’s appeal to Loretta Lynch for a ‘swift resolution’ to the matter was a rhetorical grenade thrown into the middle of an otherwise peaceful–though sometimes…
January 27, 2017 Jeanette Finicum to sue feds for killing of LaVoy one year ago The suit will allege that the FBI fired at Finicum “when he’s getting out of his car to surrender,” Claypool said. “What’s critical is…
January 3, 2017 The legal basis for why Western ranchers own and do not rent their allotments From Preference Rights to Grazing Allotments: Why Ranchers Own their Allotments By Angus McIntosh PhD Director Natural Resource Law & Policy Research Land and…
November 10, 2016 Owyhee Monument opponents hope Trump will help them escape federal designation Some Eastern Oregon ranchers believe Donald Trump’s victory makes it less likely that President Barack Obama will declare a national monument in Malheur County…
November 9, 2016 Debate on federal lands management heats up, even as Oregon standoff news cools down They all want to get to a point where the state can generate more economic activity on land currently owned and managed by the…
October 30, 2016 Locals fear Owyhee monument would ‘inflame’ deep wounds in Oregon communities In an open letter to President Obama, who has authority to declare a new monument and has done so several times in recent months,…
October 18, 2016 Oregon standoff trial highlights federal vs locals public lands struggles The occupiers argue the federal government can’t manage public lands as well as state, counties or private entities. They’d even like to see the…
October 8, 2016 Oregon locals would be driven off lands by national monument Special interest groups from Portland Bend are lobbying the president to create a national monument in Eastern Oregon’s Malheur County. But what they’re not…
September 26, 2016 Did federal informant’s tip result in killing of rancher LaVoy Finicum? Court Documents Expose Mark McConnell as a Government Informant against Oregon Occupiers Tim Brown Freedom Outpost Court documents now prove that Mark McConnell, the…
September 20, 2016 Prosecution stumbles in ‘Oregon Standoff’ trial Shari Dovale Redoubt News “The first was Linda Beck, a micro-biologist, that talked about how her normally messy office was very messy when she…
