re: #216 Cheechako

OPB is Oregon Public Broadcasting. Check them out. You might learn something.

I am. Haven’t found anything about Freedom Partners yet, but I did find this:

BLM Considers Reinstating Hammond Grazing Leases

The Bureau of Land Management is in discussions with the family of Dwight and Steven Hammond to restore the family’s grazing access to federal lands.

It’s unclear how far along those talks are in producing an agreement, but Bureau of Land Management spokeswoman Jody Weil said the talks have been underway since May 2015.

“Before the Hammonds were resentenced (for arson in October 2015), we started having conversations with the Hammonds,” said Weil. “We’re certainly talking to the Hammonds’ attorney still.”

Weil declined to comment on whether the negotiations have been impacted by the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.

“It’s a legal process,” Weil said. “I can’t comment on that.”

Some might say that restoring the Hammonds’ graving rights before the Malheur occupation is ended would be udderly mad.