Tag: Permit buyouts
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Congress Should Follow the Lead of Local Sheriff and Offer “Safe Escort” Out of Public Lands Ranching
By Josh Osher and Andy Kerr The Sheriff of Harney County, OR met with the leader of the armed occupiers of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge and offered a way to end the takeover fiasco. The Sheriff offered a “safe escort” out of the increasingly untenable situation. Congress should follow the Sheriff’s pragmatic gesture and offer…