Wildlife refuge hosts lawyers, birds and more armed guards
By Les Zaitz | The Oregonian/OregonLive
on February 26, 2016 at 1:57 PM
BURNS – Armed guards still block access to the headquarters of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, but this time ... They're officers from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, staffing posts once held by anti-government protesters ...
Concrete barriers and bundles of railroad ties stand at the refuge entry, a choke point created by the protesters ... A shelter there .. is now missing its tarp and twisted out of shape.
The stone monument meant to hold an official government sign announcing the refuge stands empty. The protesters .. had proudly replaced the official sign ...
Lisa Bundy also showed up Thursday. She's the wife of Ammon Bundy and said on the video that she had come from her Idaho home to fetch her husband's truck. She said she also wanted to get his clothes, ATVs – and picnic benches. She complained on the video that she had been told she couldn't take the items just yet ...
http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2016/02/wildlife_refuge_hosts_lawyers.html
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