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Recent Events Involving Our Public Lands Are Alarming

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Just as the National Park Service marks 2016 as its centennial year and celebrates 100 years of stewardship for American public lands, many of our wild public places are being attacked by a small group of extremists as well as key members of the House of Representatives and the U.S. From a press release by the American Bird Conservancy.

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Have There Been Any Positive Aspects of the Malheur NWR Occupation?

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Incidents like this one, led by far-right militant, anti-government extremists, should be a concern of all Americans, especially birders, hunters, environmentalists, conservationists, and anyone else concerned with keeping public lands public. www.youtube.com/watch?v=flLFQnW7CUc. v=flLFQnW7CUc. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYouXzAez-I.

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The True Costs of the Rhetoric of Terror Continue to Mount – Part 1

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The word ‘extremist’ runs a close second. Extremist’ connotes a fanatical whacko incapable of being reasoned with. Their concerns can’t be legitimate if they are “fanatical extremist terrorist whackos.” These Congresspersons didn’t enact this legislation to make you safer.