BY FROMA HARROP The 187,000 acres on which sits the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge never belonged to the state of Oregon, much less the band of cowboy exhibitionists who’d taken it over. This and other federal lands were acquired through conquest over, purchases from or treaties with Mexico, Russia, Spain, England, France and Native Americans. The federal government lets loggers, ranchers and other businesses make a subsidized living off public land, courtesy of the U.S. […]
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