Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

Yep, that one! This is the place where Ammon Bundy and his crew occupied the headquarters building last winter as a protest against what they saw as federal government overreach in the control of Western lands. Another view is that they were lawbreaking publicity hounds out to create a media circus. My dad calls it "Occupy Wall Street for Libertarians." I'm just glad that I wasn't one of the reporters who drew the short straw and had to cover a story from eastern Oregon in January.

In any case, the refuge is open but the headquarters building is closed until further notice.