A long-running dispute over land use in Oregon escalated into the armed occupation of the federal Malheur National Wildlife Refuge by a "militia" led by the rancher Ammon Bundy on Jan. 2. Bundy and ...
Cliven Bundy may have lost his personal credibility with his recent racist remarks, but federal misuse of Western lands is still a problem. Bundy should not be held up as an American folk hero, but ...
A land ownership checkerboard exists in nearly every state because of an oddity called “state school trust lands.” The federal government granted those lands at the time of statehood, under the Land ...