Interior reverses last-minute Trump grazing permits for men who inspired Bundy standoff

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Biden Officials Block Public Grazing Permits For Arsonist Ranchers Pardoned By Trump

The permit would have allowed the ranchers’ livestock to use public land for 10 years.


Mary Papenfuss·Trends Reporter, HuffPost



Tue, March 2, 2021, 8:19 AM·2 min read

The Biden administration’s Bureau of Land Management has rescinded a new permit for grazing on public lands granted to two Oregon arsonist ranchers pardoned by Donald Trump.

The arson convictions of Dwight Hammond and his son Steven for torching public lands was at the center of an armed takeover in 2016 of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon, which led to a 41-day armed standoff with federal authorities. The assault was led by militant rancher brothers Ryan and Ammon Bundy.

Despite the record of violence, Trump Interior Secretary David Bernhardt granted the Hammonds a new grazing permit on Trump’s last day in office. The permit would have allowed the ranchers’ livestock to use public land for 10 years.....................................