#malheur wildlife refuge

[burnsoregonphotoblog]

Historic blacksmith shop on Double O Ranch in Harney County, Oregon; listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982; now part of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge United States Fish and Wild Life Service (Brad Ehlers) - Photo submitted with National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form for Double O Ranch Historic District; prepared by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, United States Department of Interior

Permission details: This image or recording is the work of a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain. For more information, see the Fish and Wildlife Service copyright policy.

[stochastique-blog]

You can be someone else

Brave local and Federal Law Enforcement officers secure the road to the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge center currently under siege by radical extremists in Oregon.

[quantumviolet1024]

[dhyzenmedia]

Ranching Outpost on the Malheur Wildlife Refuge

[herpsandbirds]

White-lined Sphinx Moth (Hyles lineata), family Sphingidae, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, OR, USA

photograph by Linda Storey

[stochastique-blog]

Weird

Robert ‘LaVoy’ Finicum during a press conference last week. 

[hero-israel]

On the subject of AJ+: in my foolish youth I watched some of their YouTube videos and I distinctly remember that their reporter Dena Takruri did an interview with LaVoy Finicum, one of the right-wing nutjobs who occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge who a few weeks later would decide to scream at armed FBI agents that they would have to killed them while reaching into his pockets and get his damfool self shot to death, and it was notably more sympathetic than literally any video she or AJ+ had ever done regarding Israel.

Also I remember them doing a video in response to Israel declaring hummus and felafel to be their official national foods, where they said essentially “hummus is from Lebanon, felafel is from Egypt….which means this is cultural appropriation of Palestinian culture!”

Clowns, the lot of them

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[jadeseadragon]

White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi)

"flood-irrigated ranchlands in the Silvies River Floodplain in Harney County, near Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, support large numbers of bird species, most notably waterfowl and other waterbirds during the spring and fall migration periods." [source]

I recently saw a small flock of these ibises feeding in an irrigated field a few miles from my home. Until then I wasn't even aware that Oregon had a native ibis species.

[mutant-distraction]

Steven Kratka Photography

Great Horned Owl watching. Photograph taken at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Oregon. USA

[the-eternal-quest-for-balance]

It's called entrapment. Which is what January 6th was. The Federal Government creating a situation, labeling it as something it wasn't, the prosecuting people for it.

Randy Weaver is an example, The Bundy's, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge where they murdered LaVoy, the Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot, hundreds of other examples are out there as well.

People however, are getting a lot smarter and the Alphabet asswipes aren't. Most can spot a Fed a mile away these days. Some have always been able to smell them.

[arkoptrix]

Malheur National Wildlife Refuge at dusk ...

[burnsoregonphotoblog]

"Big Country" Harney County, Oregon

Vintage Postcard - Photo from the Malheur Wildlife Refuge

"Snow Geese pause for a much needed rest in their annual migration along the Pacific Flyway. They are accompanied by Canadian Geese, Whistling Swans and other northern bred waterfowl. Movie and still photographers have a rare opportunity to record on film these majestic birds while they are renewing their strength and energy."

[cavenewstimes]

Conservative Oregon county attempts criminal prosecution of federal employee

BURNS, OR – JANUARY 07: Dwayne Ehmer carries an American flag as he rides his horse on the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge on January 7, 2016 near Burns, Oregon. An armed anti-government militia occupied the headquarters there as to protest the jailing of two ranchers for arson. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Justin…

[nando161mando]

"Nearly three years on, I still think this interview w/ @_grendan is amongst the best conversations on exactly how American border politics play out and the contradictions necessary to keep American capitalism afloat." via @proteanmag

[stochastique-blog]

I dont Understand...

Sandy Anderson checks her cellphone at the blockaded entrance to the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Sandy, along with her husband Sean, is one of the 4 last armed militants occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

[lichenloglichenblog]

Far from everything in the southeastern corner of Oregon is a wildlife sanctuary near some of the wildest geology imaginable. Fortunately, lichen needs only sun, water and something on which to cling and there is plenty of sun and substrate if not so much water.

Lichen on!